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GECA is Australia’s only independent advisory and eco labelling program. It’s recently announced new Green Star recognition covers six new standards:
building insulation materials
cement, concrete and concrete products
steel and steel products
recycled products
waste collection services
sustainable products and services (lifecycle assessment based).
Grasshopper Environmental services the C&D sector and is on a mission to divert C&D waste from landfill. C&D waste – which includes broken bricks, concrete, green waste, plasterboard, metals, soils, tiles and timber – has a recovery rate of up to 80%.
Cleanaway acquired Grasshopper Environmental in October 2020. In 2021 it became the first construction and demolition waste management supplier company in New South Wales to be licensed by GECA.
“The GECA ecolabel is an independent ‘tick’ that shows our service is better for the environment and has been ethically administered,” said Grasshopper Environmental Regional Manager Gavin Stewart.
“We’re proud of this significant achievement, which follows months of preparation and assessment, and demonstrates the high standards we have maintained over our 40 plus year history.”
“We’re committed to not only complying with environmental regulations but operating in a safe and ethical manner and exceeding the expectations of our customers.”
Contact us to learn more about how we’re making a sustainable future possible for communities and businesses across Australia.
Batteries and other e-waste are a growing threat to the waste industry and communities across Australia
Communities - Industry Updates - Resource Recovery
February 9, 2023
Highlights
“When we think about the journey our rubbish goes on, from kitchen bin to the street for collection and then to waste facilities, if there’s a battery in the mix, the risk of a fire starting along the way soars.”
“When we think about the journey our rubbish goes on, from kitchen bin to the street for collection and then to waste facilities, if there’s a battery in the mix, the risk of a fire starting along the way soars.”
The waste industry is seeing a sharp increase in waste fires on garbage trucks and in waste facilities. In Australia more than 450 fires have been linked to lithium-ion batteries over the past 18 months, according to data provided by state fire departments. WA alone recorded 81 lithium-ion related fires in the last year compared to 21 in 2018, NSW recorded 180, 120 in VIC and 72 in QLD.
Many of these incidents are a direct result of waste contaminated with lithium batteries and other household batteries, which are a no go for kerbside bins.
Late on Boxing Day 2022 the Canberra suburb of Hume was rocked with news of a blaze at the local Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
ACT Fire and Rescue chief, Matthew Mavity, said in an interview with The Guardian that an incorrectly recycled battery or vape had not been ruled out.
“Any battery … has potential chemical energy stored and that can be released if it’s damaged,” he said.
Pictured: Facebook post by the ACT Emergency Services Agency detailing the Boxing Day blaze at Hume MRF. The fire has detailed residential recycling in the ACT.
ACT transport minister Chris Steel added that the incident should serve as a wake up call for people to make sure they only placed non-hazardous recyclables in their bins.
“Unfortunately, we do see too many dangerous objects put into the recycling stream that simply shouldn’t be there,” he said.
“Things like vapes, batteries and even gas cylinders that can cause a hazard and a risk of fire.”
The destruction of the Hume MRF is a massive blow to waste management in the ACT.
Thousands of tonnes of waste that could’ve previously been recycled locally is now being transported interstate for processing.
A nationwide concern
The Hume MRF fire is far from isolated. At around the same time, two fires broke out at a facility for yellow lidded waste in Kwinana, WA.
Just like the Hume incident, the Kwinana fires are believed to be caused by lithium batteries thrown into kerbside bins.
Pictured: Facebook post by City of Kwinana reporting on the fires that broke out at the local MRF in December 2022.
All eight incidents forced the truck drivers to dump their hot loads on suburban streets.
In an interview with the Brisbane Times, Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said that household batteries that were discarded in council bins were suspected of causing the fires.
“When we think about the journey our rubbish goes on, from kitchen bin to the street for collection and then to waste facilities, if there’s a battery in the mix, the risk of a fire starting along the way soars.”
Not even landfills are safe from battery fires.
The Australian Battery Recycling Initiative (ABRI) in its Inclusion of all batteries in the Victorian landfill ban submission to the Victorian EPA mentioned reports of at least two fires in a Victorian landfill believed to have been caused by li-ion batteries.
ABRI further explained in its submission that the incidence of battery fires in landfills continue to grow and that these incidents create hazardous fumes which are a danger to both firefighters and landfill operators.
A cause for change
According to the Hazardous waste infrastructure needs and capacity assessment report by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) the surge of li-ion entering the waste stream in the years to come is of particular concern.
The report estimates that waste li-ion batteries will grow by upwards of 300% each year by 2036. The result is the generation of between 100,000 to 187,000 tonnes of waste per year.
To put this into perspective, the Sydney Opera House weighs roughly 165,000 tonnes.
Source: Randell Environmental Consulting Pty Ltd & Blue Environment for the Hazardous Waste Section Department of the Environment July 2016.
Pictured: Battery recycling rate in OECD countries including Australia (ABRI 2017).
The waste industry’s fight for fire safety requires concerted action to tackle Australia’s rapidly growing li-ion waste stream. This can be addressed by further developing the current battery recycling ecosystem to keep household batteries away from kerbside bins.
A nationwide effort such as this demands cooperation from the public, waste service providers and industry to support stewardship programs such as B-cycle, Australia’s official recycling scheme.
Safe and sustainable alternatives are also being developed by Australian companies as a long term solution to the li-ion waste problem.
Brisbane-based Redflow and Sydney-based Gelion have developed batteries with world leading zinc bromine flow technology.
Zinc-bromide batteries offer a safer and more reliable alternative to li-ion batteries. These next gen batteries also provide performance advantages over li-ion batteries by maintaining 100% state of health even after thousands of cycles.
Apart from new and emerging technologies, battery recycling education remains the waste industry’s best safeguard against waste fires.
Cleanaway provides free resources for Australians to learn how to properly discard of their batteries and other potentially hazardous household waste.
Cleanaway demonstrates carbon leadership in line with Global Methane Pledge
Our climate aligned emissions targets will help our customers and communities achieve greater environmental outcomes
Industry Updates
November 16, 2022
Highlights
“We set our emissions targets to align with leading science and global climate dialogues, and we will ensure that these targets are underpinned by concrete activities in all business units right across Cleanaway."
"Lowering our operational emissions will benefit our customers, too. Reduction in our emissions translates to lower cycle emissions for our customers."
“We set our emissions targets to align with leading science and global climate dialogues, and we will ensure that these targets are underpinned by concrete activities in all business units right across Cleanaway."
"Lowering our operational emissions will benefit our customers, too. Reduction in our emissions translates to lower cycle emissions for our customers."
On 23 October the federal government signed up to the Global Methane Pledge. This commitment will see Australia reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030.
Cleanaway recognises the role the waste and resource recovery sector has in reducing methane emissions.
Waste management activities generate two different greenhouse gases: methane and carbon dioxide. When expressed on a carbon dioxide equivalent basis, around 80% of our greenhouse gas emissions come from methane, generated from the natural breakdown of waste across 10 active and closed landfill sites.
Around 20% of our greenhouse gas emissions come from carbon dioxide, primarily from the combustion of fossil fuels in our fleet, the electricity we use, and the natural gas we burn at our facilities.
Pictured: Cleanaway’s greenhouse gas emission profile. Total emissions are expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent.
To reduce our carbon emissions footprint, we have separated our methane and carbon dioxide targets which will help us drive specific emission reduction initiatives across our business.
For methane emissions, we have set a -30% reduction target by 2030. For carbon dioxide emissions, we have set a net zero target by 2050. Our 2030 targets are consistent with Australia’s 2030 emission goals outlined by the Global Methane Pledge.
Pictured: Our separate 2030 and 2050 reduction targets for methane and carbon dioxide.
Our FY21 Sustainability Report outlined our ambition to align reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to the 2015 Paris Agreement. That included holding the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Head of Carbon Taku Ide said “We set our emissions targets to align with leading science and global climate dialogues, and we will ensure that these targets are underpinned by concrete activities in all business units right across Cleanaway.”
“Lowering our operational emissions will benefit our customers, too. Reduction in our emissions translates to lower cycle emissions for our customers.”
Pictured: In FY22 more than half of all our captured landfill gas was used by third parties as renewable energy.
As Australia’s leading waste management solutions company Cleanaway continues to lead the line of carbon reduction technology. Our recent partnership with Zeotech and Griffith University will help us optimise our landfills by using manufactured zeolite .
We are also pushing the envelope of fleet decarbonisation by undertaking Australia’s most ambitious hydrogen mobility project. This project will explore the performance, impact and real-world experience of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) for fleet owners and operators, customers and other road users.
Our FY22 Sustainability Report details our commitment in expanding our knowledge and technology with the aim of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.
It also highlights the importance of our low carbon transition across our three sustainability pillars: people, planet and prosperity.
Contact us to learn more about how we’re making a sustainable future possible for communities and businesses across Australia.
Cleanaway welcomes Minister Bowen’s announcement that the Australian Government has signed up to the Global Methane Pledge.
This will see Australia join 125 other signatories to reduce global methane emissions across all producing sectors by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030.
Cleanaway recognises the important role the waste and resource recovery sector has in reducing methane emissions. It is the third largest emitter of methane emissions, primarily through landfills, making up approximately 10% of the annual methane emissions in Australia.
Cleanaway’s CEO and Managing Director Mark Schubert said “In August Cleanaway committed to reducing menthane emissions by 30% within the company by 2030. These targets are based on the Global Methane Pledge and compliments the Minister’s recent announcement. This demonstrates Cleanaway’s commitment to reducing emissions and making a sustainable future possible together.”
“Cleanaway looks forward to working collaboratively with the Australian Government in a concerted effort to reduce Australia’s methane emissions.” he said.
“This acquisition represents an important step in the acceleration of our Blueprint 2030 strategy."
Cleanaway has acquired composting business Global Renewables Holdings Pty Ltd (GRL) in Sydney for $168.5 million. The acquisition is expected to complete within Q3 2022.
“This acquisition represents an important step in the acceleration of our Blueprint 2030 strategy,” said Cleanaway Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mark Schubert.
“The facility provides a strategic location and infrastructure to enhance our broader network and customer offering today and into the future as we position ourselves for the growing FOGO market opportunity.”
“The announcement of Cleanaway’s acquisition of the GRL facility at Eastern Creek is a huge moment for our Organics Blueprint,” said Matt McKenzie, General Manager, Solid Waste Services, NSW/ACT.
“GRL provides us with large scale and licensed composting infrastructure in a highly strategic location and will complement our planned transition to food and organics waste processing at Lucas Heights. Both sites are expected to deliver leading landfill diversion rates, high resource recovery, and improved carbon outcomes, and will position us well to lead as the Sydney market transitions to FOGO.”
“I’m looking forward to continuing the great work on NSW Organics and welcoming the 100 strong team from GRL into the Cleanaway family!”
Pictured: The GRL organics composting facility in Western Sydney.
GRL is a New South Wales Environmental Protection Agency (NSW EPA) licensed large-scale organics composting facility.
The facility’s strategic location will enable Cleanaway to play a pivotal role in the processing of 220,000 tonnes or approximately 20% of Sydney’s mixed household waste and Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) waste.
GRL will also help us deliver 30% landfill diversion and better carbon outcomes than red bin waste sent directly to landfill. The diversion of FOGO from landfill is a crucial component of a more sustainable resource recovery, as organic waste trapped in landfill releases methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
Cleanaway is the exclusive contracted provider of waste to the GRL facility until 2032, with waste supply underpinned by contracts with surrounding councils.
Contact us to learn more about how we’re making a sustainable future possible for communities and businesses across Australia.
TOMRA Cleanaway returns as NSW CDS Network Operator for another 4 years
The TOMRA Cleanaway joint venture will continue in the role of Network Operator under the New South Wales Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) Return and Earn
Industry Updates - Our Services - Resource Recovery
May 20, 2022
Highlights
Since the commencement of the scheme in December 2017, NSW communities and businesses have returned over seven billion containers.
Since the commencement of the scheme in December 2017, NSW communities and businesses have returned over seven billion containers.
The New South Wales (NSW) government announced that the TOMRA Cleanaway joint venture will continue in the role of Network Operator for its Container Deposit Scheme (CDS), ‘Return and Earn’ for another four years, ending in late 2026. Minister for Environment James Griffin called the scheme “one of the most successful and trusted recycling initiatives Australia has seen.”
Cleanaway CEO and Managing Director, Mark Schubert welcomed the announcement, “Cleanaway is proud to play a key role in delivering this enormously successful scheme. Our refreshed Blueprint 2030 strategy centres around delivering sustainable customer solutions and making a sustainable future possible together. We are pleased to be able to continue to deliver an efficient CDS Network Operator service to the NSW community through our joint venture partnership with TOMRA. We look forward to driving even higher recovery rates and greater community access to the scheme in the future.”
Under the extension agreement, TOMRA Cleanaway continues to be responsible for the NSW Container Deposit Scheme network of return points, including Reverse Vending Machines, over-the-counter drop offs and automated depots. The joint venture will also be responsible for recycling collected containers and ensuring this material is sent to appropriate destinations, such as the Circular Plastics Australia facility in Albury.
Circular Plastics Australia is a joint venture with Cleanaway, PACT, Asahi Beverages and Coca Cola Europacific Partners. The PET plastic pelletising facility by the venture turns used PET containers into recycled PET pellets that can be used to make new packaging. The NSW CDS provides a significant portion of the feedstock for this circular economy solution.
TOMRA Cleanaway has also committed to greater community access to ‘Return and Earn’ by increasing the number of collection points across NSW.
TOMRA Cleanaway CEO James Dorney said he looks forward to continuing working with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and the scheme coordinator Exchange for Change.
“Working with our partners, we look forward to building upon the incredible successes of the scheme to date and the positive environmental, charity and community outcomes delivered as part of the circular economy in NSW,” Mr Dorney said.
Pictured: TOMRA Cleanaway board representatives and CEO James Dorney
Since the commencement of the scheme in December 2017, NSW communities and businesses have returned over seven billion containers and significantly improved resource recovery and recycling rates across the state.
Before NSW introduced the ‘Return and Earn’ scheme, more than 160 million drink containers littered our streets, beaches, waterways, and parks. Drink container litter made up 44 per cent of the volume of litter in the state and cost more than $162 million a year to manage.
Pictured: A Return and Earn Reverse Vending Machine (RVM)
The renewal and expansion of the contract isn’t just good news for the environment, it’s also good news for charities, with more than $30 million raised for charities and community groups via donations and fees since the scheme commenced.
St Vincent de Paul Society NSW CEO Jack de Groot said through the partnership they’ve developed a valuable new income stream to support their work.
“It started out with over-the-counter collections in Vinnies Shops across Western Sydney and the Illawarra,” Mr de Groot said.
Breakthroughs in onshore plastic recycling in Australia
We're investing in the technology and facilities with our partners right here in Australia to close the loop on plastic waste. Here's how we're doing it.
Industry Updates - Resource Recovery
March 21, 2022
Highlights
Cleanaway is delivering the recycling solutions to close the loop on plastic waste. It's called the circular economy for plastic and we're investing in the technology and facilities with our partners right here in Australia to make it happen.
Cleanaway is delivering the recycling solutions to close the loop on plastic waste. It's called the circular economy for plastic and we're investing in the technology and facilities with our partners right here in Australia to make it happen.
Did you know Australians use nearly 2 million tonnes of plastic polymers every year, and that most of it goes to landfill?
Cleanaway is delivering the recycling solutions to close the loop on plastic waste. It’s called the circular economy for plastic and we’re investing in the technology and facilities with our partners right here in Australia to make it happen. Here’s how it works.
Cleanaway operates the sorting facilities that processes the material from commingled recycling bins and container deposit schemes. Once sorted into the different plastic types (also known as polymers), we work with our partners to use mechanical and chemical recycling to turn those polymers into something new that can be used again and again.
Your drink bottle is made from PET plastic. Cleanaway is working with Asahi, Coca-cola and PACT group to go bottle to bottle, so the next drink you buy is made from the same plastic as the last one. Our PET recycling facility in Albury is the largest in Australia, with another being built in Melbourne.
Harder plastics like ice cream tubs are made from PP while milk and laundry liquid bottles are HDPE. Both of these plastics will be recycled at a facility we are currently building in Melbourne, to be recycled into packaging for new consumer products.
Recycling soft plastics like LDPE, such as your chip packets and bread bags are much harder to mechanically recycle.
We’re working on an Australian first study with our partners, Qenos to use chemical recycling for soft plastics so even that can be recycled into new food grade packaging. This new advanced form of soft plastic recycling could mean we’re able to recycle plastic that would otherwise go to landfill. It also means we can preserve more of earth’s finite resources. For Cleanaway, that future is now for Australia’s onshore circular economy for plastic. Everyone has a role to play; from consumers to retailers, manufacturers and recyclers.
We’re all working to make a sustainable future possible together. Contact us to learn more about our soft plastic collection for businesses.
World-class recycling plant opens in Albury-Wodonga
The $45 million plant in Albury-Wodonga has boosted regional jobs and is helping to build a domestic circular economy, along with increasing the amount of locally sourced and recycled PET in Australia by two thirds, from around 30,000 tonnes to over 50,000 tonnes per annum.
Cleanaway has been announced as a foundation partner of Australia’s most ambitious hydrogen mobility project that will see the development of a new energy service station in Geelong. The service station is expected to commence operations in late 2023 and will be Australia’s first publicly accessible, green hydrogen refueling station designed for heavy vehicle use.
Cleanaway CEO and Managing Director, Mark Schubert said, “This project is an excellent example of industry working together to move the whole sector forward with sustainable solutions.”
Cleanaway has initially committed to two side lift vehicles as part of the trial, with more being considered. The trial will explore the performance, impact and real-world experience of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) for fleet owners and operators, customers and other road users compared to traditional diesel vehicles.
“At Cleanaway, reducing the environmental impact and carbon footprint remains a top priority. These hydrogen vehicles will help us to decarbonize our operations and by extension also assist our customers and the municipalities that we serve to reduce their overall carbon footprint,” Mark said.
“Investing in new and emerging technologies is crucial to drive innovation towards making a sustainable future possible together. As a company whose foundations are zero harm to people and the environment, we must be innovative about achieving a zero-carbon future,” Mark said.
Cleanaway has previously trialed electric vehicles and looked at options for natural gas as part of our goal to reduce the environmental impact of our service. Head of Fleet George Gerdan explains, “We’ll continue to explore the performance potential of batteries and diesel alternatives for heavy and light vehicles and, of course, we’re excited to see how the new FCEVs perform.”
Fleet trials explore the payload of heavy vehicles that must operate safely and reliably to service our customers. Trials look at fuel consumption, up-time, bin lift capability, impact on labour, noise and other factors in comparison to a diesel engine vehicle.
The new energies service station will also offer electric vehicle recharging alongside green hydrogen refuelling, bringing together the zero emission technologies that will support Australia’s energy transition. The first station in Geelong is expected to be the catalyst for a network of hydrogen refueling stations from Geelong to Sydney and onto Brisbane.
The $43.3 million project received a $22.8m grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as part of ARENA’s Advancing Renewables Program and brings together a series of diverse industry partners operating an initial fleet of 15 hydrogen-powered heavy vehicles that will be refueled at the service station. The Victorian Government is also contributing $1 million to the infrastructure build of the service station via the Renewable Commercialisation Pathways Fund.
For further information contact:
Mark Biddulph
Head of Corporate Affairs
+61 499 332 601
Cleanaway adds hydrogen to increase fleet sustainability
Cleanaway has been announced as a foundation partner of Australia’s most ambitious hydrogen mobility project that will see the development of a new energy service station in Geelong.
Cleanaway has been announced as a foundation partner of Australia’s most ambitious hydrogen mobility project that will see the development of a new energy service station in Geelong. The service station is expected to commence operations in late 2023 and will be Australia’s first publicly accessible, green hydrogen refueling station designed for heavy vehicle use.
Cleanaway CEO and Managing Director, Mark Schubert said, “This project is an excellent example of industry working together to move the whole sector forward with sustainable solutions.”
Cleanaway has initially committed to two side lift vehicles as part of the trial, with more being considered. The trial will explore the performance, impact and real-world experience of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) for fleet owners and operators, customers and other road users compared to traditional diesel vehicles.
“At Cleanaway, reducing the environmental impact and carbon footprint remains a top priority. These hydrogen vehicles will help us to decarbonize our operations and by extension also assist our customers and the municipalities that we serve to reduce their overall carbon footprint,” Mark said.
“Investing in new and emerging technologies is crucial to drive innovation towards making a sustainable future possible together. As a company whose foundations are zero harm to people and the environment, we must be innovative about achieving a zero-carbon future,” Mark said.
Cleanaway has previously trialed electric vehicles and looked at options for natural gas as part of our goal to reduce the environmental impact of our service. Head of Fleet George Gerdan explains, “We’ll continue to explore the performance potential of batteries and diesel alternatives for heavy and light vehicles and, of course, we’re excited to see how the new FCEVs perform.”
Fleet trials explore the payload of heavy vehicles that must operate safely and reliably to service our customers. Trials look at fuel consumption, up-time, bin lift capability, impact on labour, noise and other factors in comparison to a diesel engine vehicle.
The new energies service station will also offer electric vehicle recharging alongside green hydrogen refuelling, bringing together the zero emission technologies that will support Australia’s energy transition. The first station in Geelong is expected to be the catalyst for a network of hydrogen refueling stations from Geelong to Sydney and onto Brisbane.
The $43.3 million project received a $22.8m grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as part of ARENA’s Advancing Renewables Program and brings together a series of diverse industry partners operating an initial fleet of 15 hydrogen-powered heavy vehicles that will be refueled at the service station. The Victorian Government is also contributing $1 million to the infrastructure build of the service station via the Renewable Commercialisation Pathways Fund.
For further information contact:
Mark Biddulph
Head of Corporate Affairs
+61 499 332 601
"As a company whose foundations are zero harm to people and the environment, we must be innovative about achieving a zero-carbon future"
Cleanaway has been announced as a foundation partner of Australia’s most ambitious hydrogen mobility project that will see the development of a new energy service station in Geelong. The service station is expected to commence operations in late 2023 and will be Australia’s first publicly accessible, green hydrogen refueling station designed for heavy vehicle use.
Cleanaway CEO and Managing Director, Mark Schubert said, “This project is an excellent example of industry working together to move the whole sector forward with sustainable solutions.”
Pictured: An artist rendition of the new energy service station
Cleanaway has initially committed to two side lift vehicles as part of the trial, with more being considered. The trial will explore the performance, impact and real-world experience of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) for fleet owners and operators, customers and other road users compared to traditional diesel vehicles.
“At Cleanaway, reducing the environmental impact and carbon footprint remains a top priority. These hydrogen vehicles will help us to decarbonize our operations and by extension also assist our customers and the municipalities that we serve to reduce their overall carbon footprint,” Mark said.
“Investing in new and emerging technologies is crucial to drive innovation towards making a sustainable future possible together. As a company whose foundations are zero harm to people and the environment, we must be innovative about achieving a zero-carbon future,” Mark said.
Cleanaway has previously trialed electric vehicles and looked at options for natural gas as part of our goal to reduce the environmental impact of our service. Head of Fleet George Gerdan explains, “We’ll continue to explore the performance potential of batteries and diesel alternatives for heavy and light vehicles and, of course, we’re excited to see how the new FCEVs perform.”
Fleet trials explore the payload of heavy vehicles that must operate safely and reliably to service our customers. Trials look at fuel consumption, up-time, bin lift capability, impact on labour, noise and other factors in comparison to a diesel engine vehicle.
The new energies service station will also offer electric vehicle recharging alongside green hydrogen refuelling, bringing together the zero emission technologies that will support Australia’s energy transition. The first station in Geelong is expected to be the catalyst for a network of hydrogen refueling stations from Geelong to Sydney and onto Brisbane.
The $43.3 million project received a $22.8m grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as part of ARENA’s Advancing Renewables Program and brings together a series of diverse industry partners operating an initial fleet of 15 hydrogen-powered heavy vehicles that will be refueled at the service station. The Victorian Government is also contributing $1 million to the infrastructure build of the service station via the Renewable Commercialisation Pathways Fund.
