KBR selected for Samsara factory Houston, US-headquartered engineering firm KBR has been announced as a partner on Samsara Eco’s plastics and textile enzymatic recycling plant, scheduled for completion in early 2028. Samsara is commercialising an enzymatic recycling technology for processing “some of the most common types of plastic and synthetic fibre – materials that have…
Packaging and recycling business Visy has announced a new fibre-based insulation liner, designed as a replacement for expanded polystyrene (EPS), is currently being trialled by an unnamed food delivery company. In a statement on Tuesday, it said that Visycell has benefits over EPS of being recyclable via kerbside recycling bins, while also sharing its “strong…
Recycling and packaging company Visy has announced a pilot project with brewer Stone & Wood, aluminium coil supplier Novelis and metals company Rio Tinto, named “Re-In-Can-Ation”, producing a beverage can with an average of 83 per cent recycled content. In a statement on Monday, Visy said the Re-In-Can-Ation is expected to run for 18 months.…
Packaging and recycling business Visy has released a virtual tour through one of its recycling facilities, allowing a user to see how materials are separated into different streams “through manual, mechanical and optical sorting,” how sorted materials are made into new products, and other onsite goings-on. In a statement on Tuesday, Visy said the virtual…
Packaging and recycling company Visy says it will have new solar panel arrays up and running at seven of its 120-plus Australian sites next month, representing a combined 4,500 kilowatts of generation capacity. In a statement on Tuesday, the company said it partnered with Energy Aware on six sites in Victoria and 1K5° Commercial in…
Visy officially opened a new $150 million investment at Penrith on Thursday, and says it is now running the country’s most energy-efficient glass furnace. Visy Chairman Anthony Pratt (pictured on right) said it is Australia’s first oxygen-only fuelled furnace, and uses less than half the energy than the one it replaced. This represented “saving enough…
RMIT University and Visy have partnered up to develop energy-efficient bricks, which switch out clay for recycled materials and show promise in boosting energy-efficiency. The new bricks contain a minimum of 15 per cent waste glass and 20 per cent combusted solid waste (ash), as substitutes for clay, according to a statement from RMIT University…
Paper, packaging and recycling business Visy has announced that an average of 63 per cent recycled content in its glass packaging across Australia and New Zealand for the financial year so far, a 5 per cent increase on the previous financial year. In a statement on Tuesday the company said the figure is higher still…
Orbital expects new drone engine model production in FY24 Drone engine manufacturer Orbital Corporation (Orbital UAV) has reported a fall in revenues in athe first half of FY24 however directors revealed a new engine model could be manufactured as early as April, 2024. The Perth company reported a net loss of $425,000, down 76 percent…
Visy has officially opened its upgraded glass recycling facility at Laverton, Victoria which recently doubled processing capacity to 200,000 tonnes per annum. According to a statement from state environment minister Steve Dimopoulos – who opened the facility on Thursday – the $50 million expansion includes delivering 20 new optical sorters for processing glass pieces as…