YP RECYCLING... The YP Recycling family, back: Simon Eggers, Flynn Snodgrass, Chris Snodgrass, Nathanael Snodgrass, Lucius Snodgrass; middle: Maddalin Snodgrass, Paul Giersch, Scott Murphy; front: Jay Ha, Andrea Snodgrass, John Ramsey, Luke Duncan.
CHRIS and Andrea Snodgrass, along with their manager Scott Murphy, have been leading the way at YP Recycling for the past 12 months.
The couple purchased the business — which has depots at Kadina, Ardrossan and Balaklava — from Sue and the late Neil Drogemuller for their family’s future.
“We knew we needed to diversify our business opportunities for our children,” Andrea said.
“They’re sixth-generation farmers and with all the challenges around the industry, we saw this as an opportunity to succession plan.
“We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, in the family farm and family who taught us work ethics and integrity.
“Also, Neil and Sue who built this wonderful business which services the whole Yorke Peninsula and beyond.”
Not only do Chris and Andrea’s children Nathanael, Maddalin, Flynn, Seth and Lucius play a part in their businesses but their staff are also an integral part of their business.
“In winter on a Saturday morning, I’ll bake a tray of muffins and bring them in for our staff for a coffee break when we have a couple of quiet minutes, even a few of our customers love to drop by on a muffin morning,” Andrea said.
“We also do sausage sizzles for our staff, and often invite customers to grab one as well while they’re in the depot.
“Our staff are so important to us, it’s so important to us that our workplace is a place our staff enjoy being.”
YP Recycling can help you with all your
bottle and can recycling, as well as scrap metal, non-ferrous and automotive batteries.
“Scrap metal is one of the areas we are really expanding,” Andrea said.
“It has always been part of the business, but we’re growing into the space.
“We also stock a selection of high-quality firewood, including redgum which has a low ash burn – it burns beautifully.”
The team at YP Recycling is committed to delivering a service with integrity, accuracy and transparency, to improve the environment and the world around them.
“We believe every small action matters, because when seven billion people recycle, it changes the world (adapted from Achim Steiner quote),” Andrea said.
