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Envirogrind Recycling Australia Pty Ltd on-site recycler’s of brick, roof tile, ceramic tile, plasterboard and framing timber waste were contracted by Momentum Builders to develop a recycling plan that would attempt to recycle 95% of all construction waste from the Southern Cross Lynbrook Retirement Village Development.

Envirogrind Recycling requires a separate area of land specifically designated for recycling works with access to water to assist in dust minimization. Waste material that is to be recycled is stockpiled in the recycling works area and once processed, using Envirogrind’s Packer 750 mobile grinder, left in this same area for re-use as required.

Four recycling compounds were set up for staged recycling works to be performed on the stockpiled recyclable waste streams. Designated corrals for plasterboard, timber and scrap metal as well as bin containers supplied for plastics, cardboard and waste paper were allocated at each of the four recycling compounds.

Plasterboard was mulched into gypsum and used as a soil amendment tilled into the ground around the development. Framing timber and timber off cuts were mulched into woodchips and used throughout the site for safe and clean walkways and entrances to the units under construction.
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