Environmental Initiatives

 
 

Earth Hour

DBCT switches off for Earth Hour! Saturday 22 March 2025, at 8.30pm.

Thank you to our Operations, Maintenance, Environmental, and Control Systems teams who ensure Earth Hour happens each year!

Watch the video to see as non-essential power was turned off, for a great cause.

Find out more about Earth Hour - and be sure to join in, in 2026! Earth Hour : Home

National tree day

National Tree Day is Australia’s largest tree planting and nature care event held annually. DBCT P/L participated in two activities to celebrate National Tree Day in 2025.

  1. National Schools Tree Planting Day (part of the broader National Tree Day celebration) gives young Australians a hands-on opportunity to reconnect with nature, enhance local biodiversity, and learn the importance of environmental stewardship.

    DBCT P/L is proud to annually play an active role in National Schools Tree Planting Day 2025, joining teachers, educators, students, and local volunteers to plant saplings. In 2025, the planting day was held at Wheeler Drive, Glenella. DBCT P/L’s Safety, Risk, and Environment Team volunteered to assist with the planting, and brought refreshments and healthy snacks for all attendees.

  2. DBCT P/L continues to support Mackay Regional Council (MRC) and Sarina Landcare Catchment Management Association (SLCMA) towards the revegetation of the Louisa Creek Reserve.

    Since the project to rehabilitate and enhance the Louisa Creek Reserve began in 2007, significant areas have been transformed from thickets of invasive weeds to vigorous new native plantings to create and restore these important coastal habitats.

    Louisa Creek Reserve is registered with the Land for Wildlife Program and is a valuable section of coastal habitat, The MRC and SLCMA teams work tirelessly to maintain this area to ensure our tree planting efforts establish long term resilient habitat and  DBCT P/L look forward to continuing to help enhance this area into the future.

BEach Clean Ups

In 2025, DBCT P/L celebrated 10 years of beach clean-ups along the beautiful local beaches surrounding the terminal! What started a decade ago as a small team initiative has grown into a well-supported event.

Each quarter, DBCT P/L employees and contractors come together to roll up their sleeves, pick up rubbish, and help keep our beaches clean and safe for everyone, people and wildlife alike.

Over the past 10 years, volunteers have collected everything from plastic bottles and fishing gear to old bits of metal and timber, helping to protect marine life and keep our coastline looking its best. DBCT P/L’s partnership with the Tangaroa Blue Foundation through Reef Clean (an Australian Government Reef Trust program) has continued to provide valuable data to the Australian Marine Debris Initiative.

DBCT P/L is incredibly proud of the difference this long-running initiative has made, and grateful to everyone who’s joined in along the way. DBCT P/L have collected an overall total of 4.8 tonnes of rubbish and debris over 95 beach clean ups. Here’s to the next decade of caring for our coast and keeping our beaches beautiful.

In addition to our beach clean ups, we have participated and supported the Cape Palmerston Clean ups with Tangaroa Blue, and participated and supported Reef Catchment’s Turtle Conservation Mackay Islands Marine Debris Clean Up.

Recycling Week

Each year, DBCT P/L encourages workers to bring in good quality items they have at home that are surplus to their needs so that can be donated to Central State School’s Swap Room. Items must be suitable for a family with primary school aged children.

The Central State School Swap Room is designed to help families struggling with the cost of living by providing a money-free way for students and their families to access items they may need. DBCT P/L began the relationship with Central State School when they provided a washing machine and dryer to the school to assist families who were having issues accessing washing facilities.