FEATURED TOPIC – PLASTICS RECYCLING
Plastic waste meets its (re)maker “EARTH’S CLEAN-UP CREW” IS BRINGING A CIRCULAR SOLUTION TO PLASTIC POLLUTION DOWN UNDER. The Parkes facility will be capable of processing up to 200,000 tonnes of waste plastics annually.
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lobal waste solutions, Brightmark is unlocking the building blocks of waste and turning it into something reusable. Brightmark’s first-of-its kind plastics renewal facility in Ashley, Indiana is coming to Parkes, New South Wales. The plastics renewal facility will be the first new circular economy business in the Parkes Special Activation Precinct and the largest of its type outside of America. Constructed in partnership with the New South Wales Government, the $260 million facility is tipped to create more than 100 new full-time jobs. It will re-purpose all types of plastics (1-7) to be ultra-low sulphur diesel, wax and naphtha to produce other plastics and will be capable of processing up to 200,000 tonnes of waste plastics annually, predominantly from NSW. Announcing the project in March, Paul Toole, Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW said the
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project was a huge opportunity for Parkes and regional NSW to “get a slice of the $66 billion global plastics recycling industry” and bring strong economic growth and jobs. The 4800-hectare Parkes Special Activation Precinct is Australia’s first UNIDO Eco-Industrial Park, where business will work together to achieve cost savings and to solve problems
Brightmark’s Parkes facility will re-purpose plastics (1-7).
including waste and water reuse and energy use and generation. Located at the only junction of the Inland Rail and the Trans-Australian Railway, the precinct will give suppliers access to 80 per cent of Australia’s population within 12 hours by road or rail. Bob Powell, Brightmark Founder and Chief Executive Officer, says
