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BUILDING CONNECTION Spring 2019
SUSTAINABLE SITES FOR THE FUTURE
S
ustainable or green building is
becoming increasingly more
important as builders and clients
are mindful of, and keen to reduce,
their footprint on the
environment.
Waste has always
been an unfortunate
side-effect of a
building site, with
most of the discarded
materials loaded into
a skip and removed,
resulting in high
costs for the builder.
Joe Golotta, of
Premier Insulation
in Adelaide, started
Precycle almost two years ago, as
a process offered by his family-run
company, following a lot of engagement
from builders lamenting on the volume
of waste created on sites. They would
then be charged a huge fee as a skip
would be completely
filled with insulation
cut-offs.
So, as a deal,
Premier Insulation
began to take these
off-cuts for a fee
and, soon after, this
evolved to taking
plasterboard waste.
It was at this point
that Paul Greig, co-
owner of Precycle and
operations manager
of Premier Insulation, came up with the
idea that would become Precycle. After
a trial with a local builder, the business
grew from there.
Paul explains: “The Precycle process
is a partnership between Precycle and
the builder; the more the builder drives
and promotes the six stage recovery
system, the better result that can be
achieved.”
He says it is, naturally, a learning
curve for all trades as everyone on a site
has a responsibility to act in a positive
manner in relation to their effect on the
overall outcomes.
“The days of ignoring recycling
materials need to end – tradies’ habits
are very important in this process.”
Joe’s son Ben Golotta is the sales
and marketing director for Precycle
and he says that their service is coming
at a time when people are very aware
Full skips are a thing of the past for one Adelaide company which has taken building site sustainability
to a whole new level.
Anna Hayes
reports.
The days of
ignoring recycling
materials need
to end – tradies’
habits are very
important in this
process.
GREEN BUILDING