Dust Control & Environment

New plant aims to revolutionise QLD recycling

A Queensland-based recycling company has announced plans to build a landmark recycling facility to provide the construction industry with an alternative to virgin quarried material.

A Queensland-based recycling company has announced plans to build a landmark recycling facility to provide the construction industry with an alternative to virgin quarried material.

Rino Recycling, a new venture in construction and demolition (C&D) waste handling by Queensland Recycling Technologies (QRT), has partnered with wet processing industry specialists CDE and dry recyclable plan solution specialists Turmec.

The hybrid plant is set to dramatically improve waste recovery rates in the Brisbane metropolitan area and divert high value construction materials away from landfill.

The Pinkenba, Brisbane, plant is expected to have the capacity to recycle more than 1.5 million tonnes of material every year to meet the growing demands of the region.

It is also expected to save over 8400 tonnes of carbon entering the atmosphere, which is the equivalent of planting over 400,000 trees.

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Rino Recycling general manager Daniel Blaser said the companies aim to engineer a fully automated waste and recycling facility.

“When Rino Recycling acquired Byrne Resources, a hard-working family business operating in the field of waste recycling for over 15 years, we were excited to bring a renewed vision and passion for developing a world-class resource recovery business to Brisbane,” he said.

“Determined to be a force for positive change and to lead the charge for a circular economy in the local market, we identified the need to upscale the operation – and central to successfully scaling the business is investing in best-in-class technology to automate and scale the process and remove the requirement for manually handling of incoming material.

“The completion of this integrated hybrid plant will be the first of its type around the world and will pave the way for the future of recycling.”

The new plant will accept a variable waste stream comprising of commercial skip and bin waste, demolition waste, hydro excavation waste, concrete, and excavated fills.

Linked by a network of conveyors, waste material will transition seamlessly between the wet and dry systems without manual input.

CDE business development manager Jason Hartmann said the hands-off approach is the defining feature of the plant.

“Handling and double-handling material is a costly process and limits the ability of Rino Recycling to process and repurpose the high tonnages it is targeting. This solution from CDE and Turmec will increase the total availability and throughput of the plant,” Hartmann said.

“It’s ability to accept multiple waste streams, process the material and deliver an in-spec product at the end – all without manual intervention – is testament to the vision of Rino Recycling and the engineering excellence of both firms.

“More broadly, it demonstrates the knowledge and engineering capability of companies from the island of Ireland, whose solutions are transforming waste recycling operations the world over.”

The plant is set to be commissioned in 2023.

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