"Thought I'd post a few pictures to show a day in the life of a Grasshopper driver - what we do and hopefully give a little insight for people that haven’t seen the operation."
"Thought I'd post a few pictures to show a day in the life of a Grasshopper driver - what we do and hopefully give a little insight for people that haven’t seen the operation."
Grasshopper Environmental is part of the Cleanaway family specialising in the transport, disposal and recycling of commercial, construction and demolition waste in NSW. Our customers include warehouses, strata management companies, nursing homes, restaurants and the construction and demolition industry, including tier 1, 2 and 3 builders as well as government infrastructure.
Driver Richard Palmer shares what a typical day is like for him collecting and transporting commercial, construction and demolition waste.
Pictured: Entering the depot at 4:15AM for the start on my shift on a Saturday.
Pictured: Our pit stop area with hand sanitiser, airline and auto inflator to check tyre pressure, a water line to top up the water, notice board and our new touchless water fountain for COVID-safe water.
Pictured: Speaking of COVID, here’s our wonderful COVID-safe bubble toilets!
Pictured: All our ‘babies’ parked up waiting for another day to help “make a sustainable future possible.”
Pictured: Picking up my truck from Volvo and doing the pre-trip inspection making sure every thing is safe. The red lines are from the Patronus system that puts a red exclusion zone around the truck and has an audible voice to warn of the truck operating!
Pictured: Check out this cool fridge I got for my truck to help keep hydrated through the hot Australian days.
Pictured: One of the bins we collect in the construction and demolition waste game. This one is from a newly built apartment complex.
Pictured: Changeover of bins complete, now ready to take to the tip.
Pictured: An example of some of the waste we transport and that can easily be recycled.
Pictured: Back in the yard, check out that cool Cleanaway skip! That’s all folks!
In 2020 Cleanaway acquired Grasshopper Environmental, which has been providing waste management services in the building, demolition and infrastructure, and commercial and industrial sectors in Sydney and nearby regions since 1978.
Grasshopper is the first C&D waste management supplier company in NSW to be licensed by the independent Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) advisory and ecolabelling program.
Contact us to learn more about our amazing people making a sustainable future possible