Visy has installed the frames for two new glass furnaces at the glass recycling and re-manufacturing Yatala Glass plant in Stapylton just south of Brisbane, Australia.
Workers also busy fitting out the inside of the storage warehouse and cullet building, with some of the machinery now in place.
The facility, which represents the largest investment Visy has ever made, will recycle up to 200,000 tonnes of Queensland’s glass annually to produce 1 billion bottles a year. By doing this, recycling more of Queensland’s glass the company can avoid trucking 40,000 tonnes of glass into the state. The site will help increase the average recycled glass content used by Visy glass manufacturing plants to 70 percent.
The site will includes recycling, manufacturing and storage infrastructure. Using optical sorters, the glass will be recycled down to 3 mm in size before being taken to the furnaces to be re-manufactured. By using an oxygen fuelled furnace, as well as the installation of recycled glass cullet pre-heating technology, the site will have lower emissions compared to traditional glass manufacturing facilities.
Finally, the finished goods warehouse and distribution centre will help maintain a constant supply of glass containers to customers.
