SaveBOARD opens new cardboard-to-construction products factory

SaveBOARD has opened a $5.5 million beverage carton recycling facility at Warragamba in Sydney’s west, which it says will employ 12, has capacity to process up to 4,000 tonnes per annum, and is the first of its kind in Australia.

SaveBOARD’s CEO and co-founder Paul Charteris said at the event on Tuesday: “It’s exciting to finally be opening the first saveBOARD facility in Australia, supporting the circular economy to make a real impact to the environment and climate change. 

“This facility will enhance the construction industry’s drive towards more sustainable construction practices, while also showing consumers the importance and value in recycling and opting for recyclable products in their day-to-day lives.”

Charteris’s organisation, which turns discarded products into building materials, plans to open another facility in Victoria at Campbellfield late-next year, and has received $1 million Victorian government funding. 

The project was described in a statement as “the first collaboration between Tetra Pak and SIG Combibloc in Australia under the umbrella of the Global Recycling Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (GRACE) and is a joint initiative with saveBOARD and its partner Freightways.”

SaveBOARD was founded in New Zealand and describes its products as made with no water, glue or  chemicals, VOC emissions or formaldehydes.

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