- It creates the sort of transparency that I want to see in my dealings; and
- It gives me a chance to pause and take stock.
Now June was officially my first month in the saddle. I finished up at the WMRC on the 23rd of May, and spent the following week essentially getting my head in the new space (and setting the new space up).
June was when it was all supposed to really move.
Mattresses
Frankly, this month seemed to drag. I had a really promising lead for the supply of bulk mattresses, a supply that would have catapulted me to close to my long term monthly budgeted quantities. That supply has not yet happened.
Furthermore, with the speaking engagement in Melbourne from the 17th of June, I was reluctant to do too much business building because I wouldn't be around to service it.
Nevertheless, it was not a bad month. I had originally budgeted 50 mattresses for the first month, and we received 45. Most of those were the 28 received on the last business day of the month (ie on Friday the 28th) from Snooze in O'Connor.
It was very heartening to have a lot of pick-up bookings made from all sorts of people. These collections are gaining momentum quite nicely, and made up the whole of the remainder (ie 17).
Of the 45 received over the month, 13 have been dismantled. The mattress sizes were:
- 1 cot
- 1 single
- 2 double
- 5 queen
- 1 king
We also received two bases:
- 1 double
- 1 queen
From the 13 dismantled, we recovered the following materials (to the nearest kilogram):
- 131 kg steel
- 79 kg polyurethane foam
- 32 kg latex
- 19 kg wadding
- 26 kg cotton (raw cotton used for padding)
- 42 kg of quilted top cover
- 3 kg of cotton fabric cover
- 49 kg of timber
- 20 kg of coir
- 6 kg of woven polypropylene
- 3 kg of wheels
The total weight of materials recovered was 409 kg, and the estimated landfill airspace saved was 11.0 cubic metres. Whilst some of the materials recovered will go into landfill, most will not.
We have buyers for the steel and the foam. I'm hopeful for a buyer of the coir. The timber will be used by us in a whole heap of applications. Other materials are still to be resolved.
Finally, a baler was delivered on Friday, and should be up and running running next week.
Tip/Shop
Tip/Shop got a bit of a shot in the arm when the ideal property came up and I decided to bit the bullet. It is at 1/28 Stock Road in O'Connor, and has excellent passing trade.
I made an offer to lease, and that was accepted during the month after some back and forth about the Tip/Shop use.
I am now frantically preparing the submission for the City of Fremantle to change the use to permit Tip/Shop. It is not a straightforward approval, but one with sufficient planning grounds to permit if Council wants to. All going well, we will be opening in September. More to follow.
Consulting
I did some small parcels of consulting work this month, nothing really significant. Less than 10 hours in total. I'd like to grow the consulting side of things, if only because of the absolutely dreadful work that "waste consultants" attempt to pass off here.
I also went over to Melbourne to speak at the Making Cities Liveable Conference from the 17th to the 19th of June. It was good, and gave me an opportunity to stretch out some ideas. I see this role of presenting about the Garbologie way as being very important. Call it "thought leadership" if you will.
Other stuff
We also commenced some collection runs under subcontract, but I've just learned that this might be secret squirrel business. So I can't say too much about it until I make sure that it's not really a secret. <sigh> Companies and their love of secrecy...
There is another project that really is a secret - at the moment. It's super cool, and I'm bursting to say what it is, but can't just yet. Let's just call it Project X for the time being, and I'll give cryptic hints as to its progress over the coming months.
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