Visy has commenced early works on a new $500m glass manufacturing facility at Stapylton, Queensland, Australia.
This marks Visy’s largest ever investment in Queensland.
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said: “This new glass and manufacturing facility will support over 600 construction jobs and around 200 jobs once operational.
“Queensland is currently a net importer of glass packaging and currently doesn’t manufacture enough to supply the local market.”
Once operational, the facility will have a capacity to manufacture one billion glass containers annually and support the growth of Queensland based beverage companies.
Palaszczuk added: “This new facility will not only make Queensland glass packaging self-sufficient but also sets us up to be a net exporter.”
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By GlobalDataFurthermore, the facility will help divert up to 40,000 tonnes of glass out of landfill, the equivalent of 200 million extra recycled beer bottles.
Construction of the new facility is slated to complete in 2025.
The facility is part of Visy’s $700m investment in Queensland.
Besides the glass manufacturing facility, Visy plans to invest $150m on cardboard box factory at Hemmant and $48m to upgrade its Material Recovery Facility at Gibson Island
Queensland Minister for the Environment Meaghan Scanlon said the new facility will recycle glass from kerbside bins and from Containers for Change deposit sites.
Scanlon added: “It will also single-handedly increase the amount of glass Queensland can recycle from 140,000 tonnes to up to 200,000 tonnes a year.
“Recycled glass from the facility will be used to make sustainable bottles and jars for Queensland’s growing food and beverage industry.
The company has added that the new investment will be underpinned with long term contracts.
Visy executive chairman Anthony Pratt said: “Recycling is an important weapon against climate change and this glass bottle factory has the technology to help enable Australia to go from 30-% recycled glass content in bottles to 70% recycled glass content in bottles which is world’s-best practice.
“And it ensures that the majority of Queensland’s recyclable recovered glass containers from the state’s Container Deposit Scheme and kerbside recycling bins are remanufactured in Queensland.”
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Image: The facility will have a capacity to manufacture one billion glass containers annually. Credit: Pexels from Pixabay.
