Meat processor receives top prize in QLD Sustainability Awards

Meat processor, Teys Australia, has taken out the top prize in Queensland’s 2015 Premier’s Sustainability Awards. Teys has worked to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint with two new state-of-the-art wastewater treatment systems at its facilities in Beenleigh and Rockhampton. The company won the Business Eco-efficiency category and then the top award for its wastewater treatment systems. The company’s wastewater systems will reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions by 72,000 tonnes. These systems will also deliver a combined reduction in natural gas and coal that is equal to the amount of natural gas used by about 900 Australian homes each year.