Legacy Re-Claim Plastics
Plastics are reclaimed via our Resource Recovery Facility and then cleaned and seperated and provided to plastic recycling partners to manufacture and produce new products avoiding plastic going into landfill.
Why Recycle Hard Plastics?
Plastics are made from non-renewable resources such as oil, gas and coal. Rigid plastic waste is generally post-industrial plastic such as products that are broken or worn down.
By recycling plastic this conserves natural resources, diverts non-biodegradable waste from landfill and enables the production of new plastic products.
Recycling 1 tonne of plastic saves around 1.1 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions or 2.7 average household energy usage per year.
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In 2019-20, Australia recovered 326,600 tonnes of plastic.
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Rigid plastics such as water tanks are collected and may be pressure cleaned for reuse. Otherwise they are shredded into smaller more manageable pieces which are washed to remove contaminants and melted down. New stabilisers and colourants may be added, depending on what the final product will be. This material is then chopped into pellets and ready for reuse in new plastic manufacturing.
