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Sustainability

Here at the Adelaide Central Market we are committed to becoming a more sustainable community and reducing our environmental impact.

Read our Sustainability Statement and 2022-2024 Action Plan here.

Here are some of the ways we are already reducing our environmental footprint:

Waste Reduction

The Adelaide Central Market has reached a significant milestone in its long-term plan for a cleaner, greener and more sustainable Market. With the installation of a Bio Separator in 2019 Market waste is now diverted away from landfill.

Instead of going to landfill, waste is now diverted to recyclable waste streams which produce compost for the farming industry, biofuel for powering water treatment facilities and processed engineered fuel products which provide a sustainable alternative to the industrial use of fossil fuels.

Our waste streams include:

  • Organics (Bio Fuel)
  • Organics (Compost)
  • Co-Mingle (recyclable plastics, tin, glass etc)
  • Paper & Cardboard
  • General Waste (Dry)

Food Rescue

OzHarvest is Australia’s leading food rescue organisation who save surplus food from ending up in landfill and deliver it to charities that help feed people in need.  Since 2012, Adelaide Central Market has donated approximately 264,520 meals to South Australians in need.  That’s 132,260kg of good quality surplus food saved form land fill, 872,916kg of greenhouse emissions prevented through avoiding food waste and 45,629,700 L of water saved.

*CO2-e have been calculated using the food waste conversion factor (t x 1.6) found in Table 40 (page 71) of National Greenhouse Account Factors, July 2011 (Australian Government, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency), available at http://www.climatechange.gov.au/publications/greenhouse-acctg/national-greenhouse-factors.aspx

Electric Vehicle charging

In collaboration with the City of Adelaide, UPark Central Market offer 11 x 22kW electric vehicle (EV) charging points, located on Level 1 (adjacent to the Gouger Street lifts).

Traders

Many of our traders are committed to sustainability too and members of Plastic Free SA.  Check out the list of plastic free champions here.

Customers

There are many ways our customers can shop sustainability at our Market:

  • Bring your own bags, produce bags, clean containers and shopping trolley (or buy a reusable bag from our Market Stall)
  • Pick up a Market box from the Gouger St entrance
  • Separate your rubbish into the recycling, organics or landfill bins provided
  • Say no to additional plastic

Click here to for some ideas about how to shop more sustainably at the Adelaide Central Market.