Plastic melting machine making a big impact
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W hat’s New @ Bayswater Councillor David Lee with the new plastic melting machine ENOUGH polystyrene a sausage-like state which is packaging to fill an Olympic shaped into a brick. swimming pool has been The process reduces the diverted from landfill on the volume of polystyrene by more Fraser Coast in the past year. than 90%. “The introduction of a “Since we introduced the machine to melt Expanded machine in June last year, Polystyrene (EPS), such as Council has diverted 9.6 the packaging around a new tonnes of polystyrene from TV or fridge, has had a huge landfill,” Cr Lee said. impact,” Fraser Coast Regional “That is enough to fill an Councillor David Lee said. Olympic-sized swimming pool, “By diverting the polystyrene a huge saving in space. from landfill, we save a lot “The 9.6 tonnes of of space, which will extend polystyrene bricks have been the life of our landfill and sold to manufacturers to cut the number of vehicles process into new products such transporting rubbish from as composite decking, picture Nikenbah to the Saltwater frames and skirting boards. Creek Road landfill. “We thank residents and “Rather than being buried, businesses who have separated the polystyrene can be recycled their polystyrene from their and re-used.” rubbish and dropped it into the The EPS Melter uses blades recycling bags at the Nikenbah to shred the polystyrene which and Maryborough waste is then melted and extruded in facilities.
“While there is no profit in the sale of the bricks, our main aim is to save space in the landfill and repurpose something that would have otherwise ended up in landfill.” Fraser Coast residents can drop off for free up to one cubic metre of clean polystyrene at the recycling sheds at the Nikenbah and Maryborough waste facilities. Loads larger than one cubic metre will cost $5.20 per cubic metre. Commercial clients with loads bigger than 10 cubic metres can contact the waste facilities to determine pricing. A video demonstrating how the polystyrene melting machine works is available on Council’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=LMksa8JoM7Y
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