Queen Victoria Market is playing an active role in building a circular economy by reducing waste, recovering resources and finding beneficial uses for materials that might otherwise go to landfill.
A major part of this effort is the recovery of food and organic materials. Fruit and vegetable waste is now recovered for use as animal feed, keeping valuable nutrients within the food supply chain and supporting a circular economy.
The Market also runs a comprehensive recycling program that recovers a wide variety of materials generated across the site. Fat and bone waste is converted into fertiliser, fish offal is recovered for stockfeed and agricultural use, and paper and cardboard are pulped and made into new packaging products. Plastic packaging is recycled into new materials such as shrink wrap, while timber and steel are separated for reuse or recycling.
Used cooking oil from Market food stalls and restaurants is also collected and processed into biofuel, providing a beneficial use for another waste stream.
Through these initiatives, Queen Victoria Market continues to reduce waste, recover valuable resources and support practical circular economy solutions across the Market.
