Intake
Our story
A first in Australia — by design, not by accident.
Australian Recycled Plastics is a manufacturing plant that is a first in Australia, able to process kerbside-collected recyclable 442 plastic materials into PET Flake and HDPE Flake simultaneously. These can be repurposed by many other industries — and there are very few plants worldwide that can process 442 materials.
442 waste materials are made up of 40 percent PET, 40 percent HDPE, and 20% mixed colour and various other waste-stream contamination. Extensive research was conducted to identify the feasibility of such a business, and the specialised equipment needed to build a plant with the ability to process 442 raw waste materials.
We consider Australian Recycled Plastics innovative because we are a one-of-a-kind recycling facility in Australia, simultaneously sorting HDPE, PET and coloured plastic. The technology used in our plant is widely used in the more progressive countries around the world — and it is the sourcing and implementing of this kind of innovative technology that improves our efficiency and competitiveness.
The factory
Inside the production line, step by step.
Follow a bale of kerbside plastic from the moment it arrives to the moment it leaves as clean, sorted flake — seventeen stages of shredding, separating, washing and drying.
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ShredInfeed belt & shredder
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CleanMagnet removes ferrous metals
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SeparateTop de-labeller & ballistic separator
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ConveyBelt to eddy current — mixed plastic & non-ferrous
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CleanEddy current removes non-ferrous
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ScreenTrommel ejects lids & small particles
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SortTwo colour sorters
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ARPAustralian Recycled Plastics stand
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WashHotwash removes glue
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SeparateTwo sink floats — HDPE floats, PET sinks
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PurifyPET purifier
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SortFlake colour sorter
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DryBlower & drier for PET flake
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Bag · HDPEHDPE bagging — end product
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Bag · PETPET bagging — end product
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DispatchEnd product loaded for transport
★ Recognised innovation
2016 Northern Inland Innovation Awards — Manufacturing Finalist.
Our approach to recycling — and the specialised plant behind it — earned Australian Recycled Plastics a finalist place in the Manufacturing category of the 2016 Northern Inland Innovation Awards.
Providing this service, and running such an innovative manufacturing plant, lets us contribute to environmental sustainability: delivering a recycled product that will be re-used, reducing landfill, providing local employment, and assisting in drought-proofing a rural community.
Part of the Smith Group
Australian Recycled Plastics is part of the Smith Group of Companies, working alongside sister company Namoi Logistics.
The site & the people
Around the facility.
Want to see the plant, or buy the flake?
Talk to the team at Narrabri.