When Josephine Ivory applied for a weighbridge role with Resource Recovery Australia four years ago, she wasn't thinking about a career in waste. Today, she manages 28 employees across five sites as Area Manager for Moreton Bay and was a finalist for the Woman of Waste Award at the 2025 Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards.
Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Boaz fled his home country in 2005 and spent years living in refugee camps before settling in Australia in 2016.
Maureen Alam has two favourite parts of her job.
Soft Landing has enjoyed a long-standing partnership with Willoughby City Council, providing mattress recycling services that deliver both environmental and social outcomes. Following a period with an alternative provider, Council re-engaged Soft Landing in August 2025, recognising our proven ability to combine high-quality recycling services with meaningful employment opportunities.
FY26 was a year characterised by steady, sustainable growth, helping us create stable employment and long-term positive outcomes for people, Country and the communities we serve.
“How do you dispose of a dirty old sofa or a lumpy mattress?” That was the question ABC Perth posed when it visited our Wangara recycling facility in FY26. At Soft Landing, we start with a different question: how much value can we recover?
Dung is a passionate Penrith Panthers supporter, a father of seven and a valued member of the Soft Landing Smithfield team who joined as a General Hand through the Compulsory Drug Treatment Program.
Pocket spring mattresses have become one of the biggest technical and commercial challenges facing mattress recycling. Unlike traditional spring units, pocket springs contain hundreds of individual steel coils encased in polypropylene fabric.
During FY26, Green Yakka partnered with Glascott to deliver land care and outdoor labour across two major NSW infrastructure projects: the $715 million Upper South Creek Water Treatment Works at Kemps Creek and the $438 million Shoalhaven Hospital Redevelopment.
Batteries, blister packs, small electronics, textiles and paint tins can all be recycled – but working out how and where to do it isn’t always easy. In FY26, RRA began working with the City of Sydney to deliver its Doorstep Recycling Service, making it easier for residents to recycle tricky household items that can’t go into kerbside recycling bins.
Achieving our Goals
Strategic Plan 2025 – 2027
This year, we made strong progress on our strategic goals — strengthening our cultural foundations, integrating our systems, and investing in our people, finances and future growth. Each goal shows how we’re building a strong, connected organisation that delivers lasting value for people, communities and Country.
Founded on Worimi Country in 1987 as Great Lakes Community Resources, we began as a community development organisation creating training and employment opportunities for local Aboriginal people experiencing disadvantage. Over the decades, our reach widened, our impact grew and our communities thrived. In 2017, we became Community Resources.
Today, we operate some of Australia’s largest social enterprises and deliver place-based community services. Through our work, we create pathways to meaningful employment, care for Country and strengthen communities.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES LTD
5A South Street Tuncurry NSW 2428
02 6555 8922 | communityresources.org.au | ABN 90 746 695 414
COMMUNITY RESOURCES LTD
Level 1 Bridgepoint, 1 Manning Street Tuncurry NSW 2428
02 6555 8922
communityresources.org.au
ABN 90 746 695 414
Our story began on Worimi land on the NSW Mid-North Coast in 1987. We were set up as a community development organisation, Great Lakes Community Resources, to provide training and employment opportunities for local Aboriginal people experiencing disadvantage. Over the subsequent years our impact has widened, and our communities have thrived.
Since 2017 we have operated as Community Resources. We now run some of the largest social enterprises in the country and deliver a range of community services. In FY25, we gave employment opportunities to 960 people across New South Wales, Queensland,Victoria, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES LTD
Level 1 Bridgepoint, 1 Manning Street Tuncurry NSW 2428
02 6555 8922 | communityresources.org.au | ABN 90 746 695 414
COMMUNITY RESOURCES LTD
Level 1 Bridgepoint, 1 Manning Street Tuncurry NSW 2428
02 6555 8922
communityresources.org.au
ABN 90 746 695 414
Achieving our Goals
This year, we made strong progress on our strategic goals — strengthening our cultural foundations, integrating our systems, and investing in our people, finances and future growth. Each goal shows how we’re building a strong, connected organisation that delivers lasting value for people, communities and Country.
Our story began on Worimi land on the NSW Mid-North Coast in 1987. We were set up as a community development organisation, Great Lakes Community Resources, to provide training and employment opportunities for local Aboriginal people experiencing disadvantage. Over the subsequent years our impact has widened, and our communities have thrived.
Since 2017 we have operated as Community Resources. We now run some of the largest social enterprises in the country and deliver a range of community services. In FY25, we gave employment opportunities to 960 people across New South Wales, Queensland,Victoria, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES LTD
Level 1 Bridgepoint, 1 Manning Street Tuncurry NSW 2428
02 6555 8922 | communityresources.org.au | ABN 90 746 695 414
COMMUNITY RESOURCES LTD
Level 1 Bridgepoint, 1 Manning Street Tuncurry NSW 2428
02 6555 8922
communityresources.org.au
ABN 90 746 695 414
