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News | 19 May 2022
Australia’s newest and largest PET plastic recycling plant has won a sustainability excellence award for creating a game-changing, closed loop operation which will have the capacity to recycle about 1 billion 600ml PET beverage bottles a year. The Circular Plastics Australia (PET) facility in Albury-Wodonga commenced operations in March this year to produce high-quality […]
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| 11 March 2022
The largest PET recycling plant in the country is now up and running and will substantially reduce Australia’s plastic waste by recycling the equivalent of around 1 billion PET beverage bottles each year. The $45 million plant in Albury-Wodonga has boosted regional jobs and is helping to build a domestic circular economy, along with increasing […]
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To date, two PET recycling facilities have been announced. The first, in Albury NSW, has been built and commenced operations in December 2021. The second facility will be located in Altona North VIC. Each facility will recycle more than 20,000 tonnes (or equivalent of 1 billion 600 ml PET plastic bottles) each year.
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This state-of-the-art facility will process more than 20,000 tonnes of HDPE and PP plastic milk bottles, containers and food tubs (approximately half a billion packs each year).
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