Tyrecycle’s new East Rockingham plant will have the capacity to process 42,000 tonnes of tyres every year. It will also support 10 new jobs and help drive the transition to a circular economy.
The facility will be able to produce 7,000 tonnes of rubber crumb each year. The crumbed rubber will be integral to the construction of roads within Western Australia, with surplus quantities earmarked for export to international markets such as Japan, where the product will serve as tyre-derived fuel.
The project is co-funded by $5.2 million of state and federal funding through the Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) as well as $9.6 million from Tyrecycle.
The RMF is accelerating the country’s shift to a safe circular economy so that when a product is no longer useful or required for its initial purpose, it is either reused, recycled or remanufactured.
Nationwide, the RMF will boost the recycling industry by $1 billion and is expected to add up to 1.3 million tonnes of processing capacity each year, diverting valuable materials away from landfill for reuse.
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Pictured L to R: Jim Fairweather, CEO Tyrecycle; The Hon. Reece Whitby MLA, State Minister for Environment, Energy, Climate Action; Ms Magenta Marshall MLA, state Member for Rockingham; The Hon. Madeline King MP, federal Minister for Resources and Member for Brand, representing the Federal Minister for the Environment and Water.
