Albury City has employed a unique system, in an effort to support the regions efforts to process packaged commercial food waste.
A new unit will be installed at the Albury Waste Management Centre, where “ancient organic processes” will be utilised to ensure that commercial packaging can be recycled.
Fly larvae and modern robotic technology will be used in the unit to squash packaging, which will be sourced from large food generating outlets.
The system form part of a range of resource recovery projects which will be launched by the council, thanks to grants from the New South Wales Government.
Plasterboard waste will also be separated and recycled as part of the process at the Albury Waste Management Centre, enabling the material to be crushed and reused as an agricultural and horticultural additive.
The project aims to recycle more than 1000 tonnes of material and will commence in November. It will run until June 2022.
Grant funding will also support more programs, including a collaboration aiming to divert soft plastics from landfill and transform the product into a fully reusable commodity.
An additional initiative will provide end-of-life solutions to solar panels in landfills. The project aims to recycle circa 8000 panels during the project timeline.
All mentioned projects will cost $477,137, with $279,000 to be provided by funding.
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