Are you ready to take your business to the next level of sustainability and efficiency? Take a look at our game-changing waste reduction service, detailed in our brand new ‘Waste Reduction’ brochure.
Designed with your success in mind, our waste management service is here to help you transform the way you approach waste and sustainability while optimising your costs.
Experience Integrated Waste Reporting
Say goodbye to generic waste reporting and embrace a tailored approach with Total Utilities’ Integrated Waste Reporting. Our cutting-edge tools seamlessly integrate waste metrics with your electricity, natural gas, and LPG data through the Utility Insights platform.
This means you get a comprehensive overview of your utility consumption and spend, enabling you to make informed decisions that drive efficiency for your unique business needs.
We understand that true efficiency involves more than just numbers. Total Utilities offers hands-on waste solutions, starting with comprehensive waste audits that analyse your site and waste output.
But that’s not all – we also provide tailored waste education to foster better recycling habits within your organisation. By involving senior management, we ensure everyone is on board with sustainable waste management practices.
Strategic Solutions
At Total Utilities, we take a strategic approach to meet your waste management needs. Our waste review and waste procurement services involve detailed analysis of your current services.
Through expertly managed RFP bid processes, we secure competitive proposals tailored to your business’s unique requirements. Our solutions not only meet immediate needs but also propel sustainable practices for your future success.
Your Success is Our Priority
Optimising cost savings, meeting environmental standards, demonstrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), maximising recycling, mitigating risks, engaging your employees in an eco-friendly workplace – these are the key drivers that set Total Utilities apart.
We are committed to driving transparent reporting and enabling accurate carbon reporting, ensuring your business stands out as a leader in sustainability.
Real-World Success Stories
Discover real-world benefits through inspiring success stories featured in our brochure. From saving $105,000 annually for a leading hotel group to slashing costs by $27,842 for a prominent NZ bakery, Total Utilities consistently delivers remarkable results.
Our strategic waste management solutions not only drive financial savings but also contribute to a greener, more sustainable future.
Partner with Total Utilities
Ready to unlock the full potential of your waste reduction journey? Total Utilities invites your business to join us in revolutionising your waste management strategy.
Explore our new waste brochure or contact us to see how our transformative waste management solutions can help reshape your approach to sustainability.
When it comes to waste management, businesses are seeking solutions that not only support their sustainability goals but also offer tangible benefits.
Total Utilities’ Sustainable Business Improvement Manager Pravind Singh explains that Total Utilities is working to reshape business waste practices whilst keeping a sharp eye on delivering great value to its customers.
“Our mission is simple – to redefine waste management in a way that makes sense for our customers. It’s about going beyond services and ensuring businesses see real value in what we offer.”
“We understand that our customers want to demonstrate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) without compromising financial outcomes. Our commitment is to find solutions that strike that delicate balance, ensuring that sustainability is an investment, not an expense.”
Empowering businesses with compelling services
Pravind explains that Total Utilities offerings comprise integrated waste reporting, waste audits and overseeing highly competitive RFP bid processes for your waste services.
“Our advanced waste reporting tools are designed to empower businesses. By seamlessly integrating waste metrics with energy consumption data, we provide insights that lead to tangible improvements in operational efficiency, which, in turn, means cost savings for our customers.”
“Waste audits follow a similarly customer-centric approach, and are about more than just compliance. They offer a deep-dive into understanding each business’s unique needs, allowing us to make recommendations that will bring direct benefit to your operations.”
“Finally, our waste procurement service is designed to align with our customers’ goals. It’s not just about securing the best deal; it’s about securing the most sustainable solution that contributes positively to our customers’ long-term success.”
Showcase your sustainability commitment
Pravind emphasises that meeting environmental standards through responsible landfill diversion solutions is more than just a checklist item – it’s a chance for businesses to protect the environment whilst showcasing their commitment to sustainability.
“In today’s business landscape, where being environmentally responsible matters, compliance isn’t just about following the rules; it’s an opportunity for businesses to demonstrate their dedication to the environment.”
“This not only benefits the planet but also enhances a company’s reputation. People notice and appreciate when a company acts responsibly, building trust and goodwill in your brand.”
“At Total Utilities, we see every challenge as an opportunity and our goal is simple – to provide waste solutions that make sense for our customers.”
“Environmental responsibility, practical waste solutions, and sustainability are not mutually exclusive. We work to seamlessly align them to ensure our customers’ ongoing success,” adds Pravind.
When a renowned hotel group faced a waste management challenge across multiple locations, the problem was clear — too many suppliers, unclear reporting, and a hefty price tag. They needed a solution to streamline operations, reduce costs, and align with sustainability goals.
Our solution: nationwide RFP, supplier consolidation, and purposeful reuse
Total Utilities tackled the challenge comprehensively. Initiating a nationwide Request for Proposal (RFP) for various hotel sites, we aimed to consolidate services to two suppliers, enhancing engagement and simplifying reporting.
Simultaneously, during hotel refurbishments, we facilitated a connection between the hotel and ‘Free For All,’ a charity specialising in furnishing homes for families in need. The hotel embraced the opportunity to redirect materials from landfill to meaningful reuse, creating a sustainable and purposeful solution.
The outcome: a greener, leaner, and more compassionate future
The hotel group experienced significant savings of $105,000 annually – an impressive 21% reduction in spend – ensuring a greener and more sustainable waste management future.
The commitment to fixed pricing, transparent reporting, and supplier engagement not only simplified invoicing but also contributed to the group’s broader sustainability goals.
Simultaneously, the hotel’s decision to repurpose materials made a positive impact on both the environment and needy families.
This commitment to sustainability extended beyond financial savings, creating a ripple effect of positive change within and beyond the hotel’s walls.
These impressive results show that smart waste management isn’t just a cost-saver; it’s a game-changer for your business, a win for the environment, and can provide real and measurable benefits for your local community.
Learn more
Contact us to find out more about our Waste Management service.
Welcome Pravind Singh, our new Sustainable Business Improvement Manager, spearheading our mission to create a greener business landscape! Discover how Pravind and Total Utilities can transform your business’s waste management by booking your free waste consultation today!
With an impressive background in sustainability, waste management, recycling and accounting, Pravind will be leading the charge as we continue to develop and refine our waste reduction service offerings.
He arrives brimming with experience and is dedicated to steering your business toward a greener, more efficient future.
Pravind’s mission is clear: to help businesses like yours save money while embracing eco-friendly practices.
His knack for connecting with people and his solutions-focused approach have been instrumental in transforming projects, aligning them with sustainability goals, and delivering impressive, measurable results.
In his previous roles as Key Account Manager for both Waste Management and Reclaim, Pravind demonstrated exceptional acumen in transforming projects, yielding both significant savings and innovative solutions.
At Total Utilities, Pravind will oversee and optimise waste services and initiatives for the business, including waste reviews, managing waste RFPs, conducting audits, integrated waste reporting, and handling commercial cleaning services RFP management.
Passionate about impact
“I’m excited to be joining Total Utilities on a permanent basis,’ says Pravind. “I’ve been contracting with the team for many years now, so this is a chance to apply my industry background and waste and recycling experience to make a real impact.”
“My passion lies in connecting with people and delivering results that drive savings, promote sustainability, and reduce waste.”
“Understanding each client’s unique needs allows us to tailor strategies that truly benefit each business, ensuring the best results that meet or exceed their objectives,” he adds.
Outside of the office, Pravind wears many hats! He’s not just a committed family man with a wife and young daughter, but he is also deeply involved in his local community.
A past president of Rotary Club, he also keeps himself busy volunteering at Hospice, serving as a Justice of the Peace and mentoring a school entrepreneurial programme! He enjoys honing his public speaking skills, and connecting with people at every level.
How Total Utilities Can Help
Total Utilities is dedicated to assisting you in reviewing your current waste contracts, focusing on pricing, efficiencies, and diversion rates. We offer advisory services to help you evaluate your options and find solutions for increased diversions, enabling you to make informed decisions about your waste contracts.
By staying proactive and informed, you can better manage your waste contracts, optimise costs and efficiencies, and make strategic decisions for your business’s future.
Discover how Total Utilities can help you streamline your Waste Procurement, reduce costs, and provide comprehensive reporting.
It’s no secret that the world is facing a waste crisis. How to reduce it, pay for it, its impact on our public and planet’s health, and where it ends up are just some of the concerns we’re grappling with.
The good news is, Total Utilities can help you identify, monitor, and reduce your waste. Here’s why engaging us as your waste management consultant is so important.
Waste is costly for our planet and business
Our growing waste problem is not only costly to the environment but expensive for businesses. New Zealand faces rising transport and disposal costs, changes to national policy and levies, and uncertainty around where to export our recycling when we don’t have the facilities to handle it here.
The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), our government’s primary climate change response, plays a leading role in how we collectively manage waste and reach our internationally established targets. Our 2030 target, which is New Zealand’s first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, is as follows:
Waste is a specified activity under the ETS, so those in the waste sector must participate in the scheme. This means disposal facility operators must report their emissions to the government. They need to pay for permits to emit carbon and can offset their emissions. Land disposal facilities have options: they can either decarbonise their activities, face mounting costs, or offset their emissions by supporting climate action projects like forestry and conservation.
The most cost-effective and sustainable path for landfill facilities is to find ways to reduce their emissions. The government incentivises these facilities to find and deliver innovation and efficiencies by becoming eligible to apply for a Unique Emissions Factor. You can read about this here.
Waste levy increases
Growing pressure to address climate change, the uncertainty surrounding recycling commodity returns and stricter separation and hygiene standards are all factors behind the government’s decision to raise waste levies.
The levy increase will be phased in over four years, the first of which happened in July 2021. Levies will increase to a maximum of $60 per tonne by 2024.
These increases are designed to encourage more recycling and to divert waste from landfills. The costs apply regardless of which waste supplier you choose.
Based on the average industry wage, the cost increase would equate to an additional $22 per 4.5m³ front-end load pick up. We’re investigating with each supplier how this cost will be passed on.
The big issue: Spoiled or contaminated recycling
In a 2018 Stuff article, Green Party MP, Eugenie Sage, who was the Associate Environment Minister at the time said, “The co-mingling of waste like glass, paper and plastic was what led China to stop accepting it.”
One solution is to improve the quality of our waste by changing our behaviour – getting better at sorting and separating our waste at the source.
Countries no longer taking some recyclables creates greater uncertainty
Now that the Chinese market doesn’t accept specific categories of recyclables, costs have grown significantly.
The Chinese government also signalled to reduce its annual cardboard recycling quota by six million tonnes (10% of global demand). This means the cardboard price will drop further – it’s a market characterised by extreme pricing uncertainty.
China’s ban had a massive ripple effect on where millions of tonnes of waste ended up. Indonesia bore the substantial brunt of this.
In late 2019, the Indonesian government was looking to pass urgent legislation which would allow them to legally return spoiled recycling back to the port of origin, not the last port of call.
Indonesia has now closed its market to recycling and has indicated it would only re-open if spoiled waste could be sent back to the country of origin.
How the tightening of global spoilage standards will affect us.
Stricter global spoilage standards will affect the ongoing rates for recycling in New Zealand. The market has not priced all these factors in yet. Under the current uncertain climate, suppliers are unable to fix pricing for recycling.
How Total Utilities can help you navigate the costs and changes.
By working closely with our specialist waste consulting partners, suppliers, and customers, you can achieve reduced waste charges and levies, improved monitoring and reporting of your waste systems, and ultimately send less waste to landfill. This is a win for your bottom line and the environment.
Navigating the waste environment alone is complicated – it takes a deep understanding of the political, environmental, and global trends and policies. We expect that what happens to our waste will continue to be complex for many years to come.
Total Utilities has a finger on the pulse of policy, pricing and procurement. We can effectively interpret the changes and identify smart ways for you to contribute towards a more efficient, greener, cleaner planet.
