My Warm Table ... with Sonia
My Warm Table ... with Sonia
7 Nov 2024 Kane Blackman 6PR City of Canning On Demand Collection
Discover how a simple idea can revolutionise waste management while also making a significant social impact in our latest conversation with Kane, the innovative CEO of Good Sammy Enterprises. Explore the transformative partnership between Good Sammy and the City of Canning, as they introduce an on-demand waste collection service that not only reduces landfill waste but also creates meaningful employment for individuals with disabilities. Kane reveals the intricacies of this new service, which allows households to schedule free textile and toy collections directly through the City's website, ensuring quality donations remain valuable and out of the elements.
Learn how the community, through events like the Camco Engineering Mayor's Charity Gala Dinner, plays a pivotal role in financially supporting this groundbreaking initiative.
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My Warm Table, translated into Italian is Tavola Calda. These were the words my Papa used to describe a table of good friends, good food and good conversation. I always aim to create a tavola calda in my life and I hope this podcast encourages you to do so too!
joining us. Ceo of Good Sammies Enterprises. Good morning, cain. Good morning, how are you going? Not bad, now we were saying earlier, that if you've got large items of furniture etc. The Good Sammies have been picking that up for quite some time, but you're taking it to another level. Is that correct?
Speaker 2:Yes, that's right. Yeah, it's a first with the local government in Western Australia. So, starting this week with the City of Canning, we're offering all City of Canning households two free collections through the on-demand waste service, where textiles, toys, linen, towels, handbags, shoes can be placed in bags, and a free service booked through the City of Canning's website.
Speaker 3:This is a good idea, Cain. The City of Canning's website. This is a good idea, Cain. I mean, for too long now I've seen, in some cases, your donation bins absolutely overflowing with all of this stuff that's just been left outside and it gets damaged in the weather and all that sort of thing. So this means that there's going to be a lot more stuff that hopefully is more valuable.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you're spot on. This is really bringing that collection service to 30,000 plus households in the city of Canning. They're already doing on-demand waste collection through white goods, through mattresses. Obviously there's skips and green waste, but textiles is a big, big problem in our society and so going to every household and offering this free service, we hope to divert those items from landfill. But importantly, as a charity, we create jobs for people with disability at Good Sammy who are driving those trucks to collect the goods and to sort the goods and keeping them in the circular economy.
Speaker 3:So, Cain, can we extend it beyond the city of Canning? Is this something that we can see rolled out across the rest of our councils in Perth?
Speaker 2:Well, we'll be assessing this trial over the next 12 months. We think it'll be successful and we're already in some early discussions with other local government authorities. To many people they will already be calling us to book those home collections that you said before. We've also been trialling a yellow bag collection, so we're dropping off yellow bags to households. But this on-demand, you-call-us model is a first, so I think you'll see us do it more in more suburbs in the future.
Speaker 1:How do you stop people putting absolute crap in those bags and dropping it off to you, which becomes an issue for disposal?
Speaker 2:Oh, western Australians are really kind donors to start with, so that issue you talk about is only a very small amount of people. But we ask people to think about would you buy this item, and if so, it's okay to donate it. We don't accept anything that's broken or soiled and we would therefore have to incur that cost, but most people do the right thing.
Speaker 1:So are the city accounting putting their hand in their pocket and financially supporting this venture, or just saying, yeah, you can do it?
Speaker 2:We've been really, really fortunate. This Friday night there's the Camco Engineering Mayor's Charity Gala Ball and, associated with that initiative, funds raised will be going to offset the cost. So that's a great um, a great initiative. But, as I said, it's free for those um, free for those residents all right, kane, good on you.
Speaker 1:Good luck with that test car says. Let's hope it can expand across the metropolitan area. Keeps more and more people employed, as you say. Have a good day. Thanks, guys, blackman. There see you have a good sammy's enterprise.
