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Laughs What goes around: and tyre recycling plant art are merged operational by year’s end in unique “Life Drawing” show By HARRIET GILMORE
By HARRIET GILMORE DRAWING and comedy aren’t something you usually expect to see together, but that’s exactly what’s coming to the Warren Museum & Art Gallery next week. Brought to town by Outback Arts, “Life Drawing with a Comedian” is a show that combines the traditional art of life-drawing with the comedic element of live performance. Hosted by media personality, Sean Micheals, the one-of-akind show allows the audience to be guided through various drawing exercises in a humorous way. Another comedian is the model for the audience to draw, posing in various positions and styles. The audience is encouraged to bring their own drawing materials and participate in the drawing process, while the comedians entertain them with jokes and stories.
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GREAT news for the local economy; an innovative, environmental, tyre recycling facility proposed for Warren is fi nally going ahead — almost five years after the project was fi rst announced. The fi rst-of-its-kind plant is expected to be up-and-running at 50 percent capacity by the end of this year, after funding for the project was secured from an Australian-based private investor. Green Distillation Technologies developed the innovative system designed to turn end-of-life tyres into high-value oil, carbon, and steel. The company had originally planned to open the fi rst of its Australian processing plants here in 2021, however, the project was delayed due to funding issues. Construction for a second facility planned for regional Queensland at Toowoomba, will begin once the Warren facility is completed. Green Distillation Technologies Chief Operating Officer, Trevor Bayley, said he is incredibly excited that the project was back-on-track. “We anticipate we’ll be placing orders for equipment for the plant in April,” Mr Bayley said. “We would expect, as a result of that, the plant will be
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Chief Operating Officer of Green Distillation Technologies Trevor Bayley at the tyre recycling facility in Warren. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. 50 per cent operational by the end of the year, and 100 percent operational by the middle of next year,” he added. At 100 per cent operational capacity, the new plant is expected to be able to process more than 19,000 tonnes of old tyres per year. The new facility will also likely bring up to 20 new
full-time jobs to Warren Shire, with recruitment likely to start in April, Mr Bayley revealed. “The fi rst round of recruitment will see around six to eight full-time jobs on offer for shift work,” he said. “We anticipate, that will grow to 15 to 20 staff by early next year, making us the sec-
ond-biggest employer of fulltime staff in the community.” The organisation fi rst established a research and development facility in Warren in 2009 and, since making the concept workable, moved to a larger 21-hectare location near the Warren Tip. Continued page 3