Located in Melbourne, Australia’s most technologically advanced glass recycling facility is set to recover and recycle an extra 30,000 tonnes of glass every year. Visy Recycling recently launched its multi million dollar new fully automated glass recycling facility at Laverton. In total, the facility will recover about 100,000 tonnes of glass every year.
The facility uses high tech electronic identification to “see” up to 16 million different colours at high speed. Highly accurate air jets then sort the glass into its different colours and removes any non recyclables such as caps and corks and the like. The facility can automatically sort glass pieces as small as 6mm.
Visy Recycling General Manager, Steven Boland, said the new technology was an investment for all Victorians.
“Visy Recycling supports the effort Victorians put into recycling,” he said. “We are recycling more and more today which means the recycling industry needs to invest in better technology and systems that enable better and more efficient recovery of recyclables. This facility means that the bottles and jars that Victorians put out for recycling will have improved recovery and recycling and your recycling efforts will be supported for many years to come.”
Visy’s facility is the only one of its kind in Australia. EcoRecycle Victoria has provided funding to support this facility. For more information please visit www.visy.com.au
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