Amanda Yeates explains how automated waste collection fits into smart public infrastructure for a transit-oriented Maroochydore: narrower, people-first streets make traditional trucks impractical, so Envac’s system integrates with expanding public transport to support growth, connectivity, and city-centre efficiency.
Amanda Yeates shares how Maroochydore’s Envac project reshaped her view of urban waste: from curiosity to conviction. Seeing the odorless, lab-clean collection facility and the system’s efficiency, she argues automated vacuum waste should play a major role in Australia’s future cities.
Bergen: gateway to Norway’s fjords and home to one of the world’s biggest underground waste management systems. Underneath the narrow cobbled streets of this historical /../
Amanda Yeates explains why Maroochydore embraced Envac: a proven, first-of-its-kind-in-Australia system with smart alerts that prevent overflowing bins. She invites visitors to see it in action—and argues this brave shift boosts sustainability, improves liveability, and shapes the future of urban waste.
Amanda Yeates explains why systems like Envac matter as sustainability reporting grows. By helping organisations show direct and indirect impacts across supply chains, Envac supports compliance and reputation—so stakeholders can “do the right thing” and be part of the solution.
Amanda Yeates explains how Envac’s automated waste collection advances the Sunshine Coast’s sustainability and smart-city goals—showing what a future-ready city centre can look like as the precinct grows to tens of thousands of daily workers.
Amanda Yeates explains how Envac can support sustainable planning for major events ahead of 2032: with a $2B arena and an Athletes’ Village coming to the Sunshine Coast, scalable automated waste collection handles surging crowds more cleanly than traditional approaches.
Amanda Yeates describes how Envac’s system improves public cleanliness and user experience: sensors alert operators before bins overflow, enabling remote, on-demand vacuum collection. For events and weekends, the result is cleaner streets, fewer pests, and a better city-centre experience.
Amanda Yeates urges city leaders and developers to visit the successfully operating Envac system at Maroochydore City Centre, ask questions, and lead with courage. Automated waste collection can transform waste management, boost sustainability, and significantly improve community liveability.
Dr. Wang Aiying, President and CEO of Envac Greater China, Southeast Asia and India, was invited to participate in the catalog system of the CCTV channel “The Climber” and had an in-depth exchange with the famous host Zhu Xun on global waste management issues.
Why Bergen is a sound investment: this video makes the case for the city to businesses and investors—highlighting a modern, well-connected economy, strong quality of life, that enables sustainable growth and long-term value.
Stakeholders and visitors increasingly associate Maroochydore’s new CBD with its first-in-Australia underground, automated waste system—Amanda Yeates says it’s become a standout talking point nationally and internationally.
For residents and workers, the reaction is more practical: quieter mornings without truck beepers, fewer heavy vehicles and overflowing bins, and a cleaner, safer streetscape that now feels “normal” in the city centre.