PRODUCT SHOWCASE – TRUCKS AND VEHICLES
Metro Waste cleans up with Isuzu TO CAPITALISE ON THE RAPIDLY GROWING WASTE SECTOR AND BOOST ITS MINI BIN CONCEPT, METRO WASTE IS UTILISING A HEARTY FLEET OF ISUZU WASTE TRUCKS.
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ccording to the latest National Waste Report, Australians generate an estimated 67 million tonnes of waste over a 12-month period. This translates to a staggering 2.2 tonnes of waste per person every year. Analysing these figures, it’s no surprise that there’s been renewed focus on established waste and recycling management and solutions. The microscope continues to be applied to key industry stakeholders and their waste and recycling operations, and the rest of the nation is watching. Operating in this space and contending with the rapidly changing waste and recycling conundrum is Metro Waste. Arguably one of the more recognisable waste and recycling management businesses in Adelaide, Metro Waste, with its fleet of branded Isuzu Trucks, services Adelaide city and the greater Adelaide region. They collect all manner of waste and recycling materials, before returning to their Thebarton-based transfer station for sorting, cleaning
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Anthony Callipari, Carmelo Rositano and Justin Castelluzzo of Metro Waste developed the mini-bin concept to better cater for the diverse needs of their customers.
and categorisation. Metro Waste has operated throughout Adelaide for more than three decades, headed by co-owners Anthony Callipari, Carmelo Rositano and Justin Castelluzzo. Business partners and friends, the trio have a shared vision of growing and evolving with the waste and recycling landscape, and have added a mini bin service offering, so as to better cater to the diverse needs of their customers. The mini bin service began as a straightforward concept, but Callipari describes it as the spark that kickstarted the beginning of their real success. “The three of us went to school together and ended up purchasing
the business. We then introduced the mini bin service to the mix and we’ve kept growing ever since,” Callipari says. Having kicked things off with only one Isuzu truck on the road, Metro Waste now have a nine-strong Isuzu truck fleet covering the length and breadth of Adelaide and surrounds. The latest additions are an Isuzu FVR 165-300 and the robust sixcylinder FSR 140-260, both fitted with skip bin loaders and adorned with livery – all facilitated by the team at North East Isuzu in Burton. Metro Waste’s Isuzu fleet directly supports the mini bin segment of the business, with bins that range from two to 40 cubic metres in size available seven days a week.
