About Us

Award winning services from a family-owned business

About Us

Award winning services from a family-owned business

About Us

Award winning services from a family-owned business

82,000 kg

salon waste diverted from landfill so far

1.6 million km

car emissions saved from atmosphere

140,000 L

water saved by recycling cardboard

80 years

worth of a single home's energy saved

82,000 kg

salon waste diverted from landfill so far

1.6 million km

car emissions saved from atmosphere

140,000 L

water saved by recycling cardboard

80 years

worth of a single home's energy saved

82,000 kg

salon waste diverted from landfill so far

1.6 million km

car emissions saved from atmosphere

140,000 L

water saved by recycling cardboard

80 years

worth of a single home's energy saved

LESS IN THE BIN. MORE POSSIBILITY.

Recovering salon waste and diverting from landfill.

Recovering salon waste and diverting from landfill.

Waste Free Systems began in 2016, helping hair salons become more sustainable, and working to divert over 90% of their salon waste from landfill.

Family-owned and operated, we provide a highly personal approach to how we work with our partner salons. Our aim is to make sure that salons of every shape and size in the South East QLD region has the chance to make an impact beyond their chairs, and a strong alternative option for who they partner with the achieve this.

We operate a resource collection service (using our own drivers and team - not outsourced to couriers), and distribute select waste streams to various licensed third-party recyclers for processing, depending on the type of material.

QLD FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED

Where do we operate?

Where do we operate?

We're headquartered on the Sunshine Coast, and operate across South East QLD. We're a local small business just like our salon partners, and we love the part of the world we all work and live in!

We are headquartered on the Sunshine Coast
and operate across South East QLD.
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Sunshine Coast

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Sunshine Coast

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Brisbane

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Brisbane

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Gold Coast

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Gold Coast

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Gympie

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Gympie

INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY RECOGNITION

Award winning services.

Award winning services.

  • 2026 AHIA Business Finalist - Best Business Performance of the Year

  • 3x Clean Technology Small Business Winner and
    Hall of Fame member of the Sunshine Coast Business Awards.

  • 2026 Sunshine Coast Biosphere Award - Business Leader of the Year.

SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION

Carbon offset for fleet vehicles.

Carbon offset for fleet vehicles.

We offset the carbon created by vehicles in our our pickup service, planting trees for every vehicle we have on the road.

Divert over 90% of waste from landfill