Quayclean Australia, the country's largest provider of cleaning, hygiene and waste management services at major public venues, has being awarded a five-year contract by the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC).
MCC's Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is one of 11 stadiums with a capacity of more than 100,000 globally and was the third most attended stadium in 2023 behind Yankee Stadium and Dodger Stadium.
After a seamless back-of-house transition in recent weeks with MCC staff ahead of official on-site mobilisation, the Quayclean team is preparing for more than 600,000 fans to attend events in coming weeks.
We will contribute to an epic event day atmosphere and experience for patrons by providing a clean, safe, and welcoming environment from the moment they pass through the turnstiles
Quayclean CEO, Mark Piwkowski, says: “We are deeply honoured the MCC has place their faith and trust in Quayclean to deliver exceptional venue presentation services, consistently high cleaning standards, and innovative sustainability practices for over four million patrons who attend around 90 event days at the MCG every year.
Quayclean is committed to six of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Piwkowski adds: “We manage over 30,000 tonnes of waste end-to-end in partnership with our customers at venues across Australia and consistently achieve an average recycling rate of 81 per cent.
The MCG has a proud sustainability record, and we want to elevate this further by diverting over 80% of waste going to landfill, attain 100% recyclable packaging for all products onsite while fully complying with the Victorian Government’s single use plastic ban.
“Additionally, we are using biodegradable cleaning solutions to reduce the environmental footprint and increase worker safety.
We are also investing over AU $1 million in the purchase of best-in-class equipment to deliver sustainable and agile cleaning solutions to ensure the MCG shines.”
The contract follows the deployment by Quayclean of more than 1,200 dedicated cleaners for the 15-day Australian Open tennis tournament which was attended by 1,020,763 spectators, across the Melbourne & Olympic Park (M&OP) precinct.
[W]e are using biodegradable cleaning solutions to reduce the environmental footprint and increase worker safety.
“We will be drawing on our vast experience from past multi day events such as the Australian Open, Sydney’s Royal Easter Show, the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and numerous cricket Test matches to ensure we deliver an outstanding customer experience”, says Piwkowski.
