Hello, it looks like you are using an out of date browser. For the best experience, please consider upgrading to Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Firefox
resource-recovery 2000x1000-resource-recovery-cover

Resource Recovery

Recycle Central's business is built around resource recovery. By recovering viable materials from waste, we achieve significant environmental benefits while reducing disposal costs, which we pass on to our customers through competitive waste collection rates.
about 1002x692-resource-recovery

What's resource recovery and why do we do it?

Everyone knows what recycling is, but before you can recycle a material, you must first separate the material from other materials. This is what we do at Recycle Central, which then enables us to send off quality-controlled recyclables to our partners in the manufacturing and recycling industries.

The benefits of resource recovery include:

Diversion of waste from landfills - with the benefits of reducing the emission of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, to the atmosphere

Reducing the use of non-renewable raw materials - reduces the impacts of mining while conserving mineral resources for future generations.

Reduced carbon dioxide emissions on climate change.

Reduction of the cost of waste disposal - with costs passed onto consumers.

resource-recovery 1040x665-resource-recovery-plant-old
resource-recovery 1040x665-resource-recovery-quality-control
resource-recovery 1040x665-resource-recovery

How do we recover materials?

The efficient recovery of resources from waste material is a complex process involving careful planning, large-scale technology, and highly trained personnel. Core elements of our overall process include:

On-site resource recovery and recycling are carried out by our project teams when a building or infrastructure element is deconstructed before new construction begins. This often involves breaking and crushing concrete or cutting up structural steel.

Pre-sorting of waste is the first stage of resource recovery conducted at one of our transfer stations or at our resource recovery facility after a client's waste has been collected. Pre-sorting utilises specialised labour and mobile equipment to separate easily removed components before mechanised waste processing.

Mechanised processing is carried out after the pre-sort stage. This involves using shredders, magnets, trommels and density separation processes to recover the maximum possible proportion of recyclable materials from mixed waste.

Quality Control is the final stage of resource recovery and is vital to ensure that all materials provided to our recycling partners are of the same, consistent quality every time.

resource-recovery 1040x665-concrete-crushing-2
resource-recovery 1040x665-scrap-metal
resource-recovery 1040x665-resource-recovery-wood

What happens to recovered materials?

Materials recovered from the mixed waste at our facilities are transported to our long-term recycling partners, leaders in the Australian recycling and manufacturing sectors. 

Ferrous metals are smelted back into virgin metals for the production of goods.

Non-ferrous metals such as aluminium, stainless steel, copper, brass, and lead are smelted back into pure metals for manufacturing.

Wood is recycled to manufacture particle boards for construction

Concrete and brick are recycled onsite to produce recovered aggregates.

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) and PVC are processed domestically to produce construction materials.

Plasterboard is recycled to produce new plasterboard and agricultural products.

Get in touch

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Contact

Mon-Fri: 7am-5pm
Sat: 7am-1pm

phone 1800 180 180 phone Accounts: (02) 4936 1347 email [email protected]
address 8 Styles Street, Kurri Kurri, NSW 2327
postal PO Box 149, Kurri Kurri, NSW 2327
complaints Community Complaints
Skip bin hire

Delivery available Monday-Saturdays

Use our skip booking tool to see pricing & delivery availability for your area

Availability & Pricing
skip bin Newcastle & Hunter Valley skip bin Cardiff

Enquires

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Our service areas & locations

arrow
Back

Newcastle & Hunter Valley

Skip bin hire

Delivery available Monday-Saturdays

Use our skip booking tool to see pricing & delivery availability for your area

skip bin Check skip availability & pricing
Locations
Recycle Centres
map pin 8 Styles Street, Kurri Kurri, NSW 2327
Opening hours

Mon-Fri: 7am - 5pm
Sat: 7am - 1pm

tick See accepted waste types
Transfer stations
map pin 3A Pennant St, Cardiff, NSW, 2285
Contact
phone 1800 180 180 phone Accounts: (02) 4936 1347 email [email protected]
arrow
Back

Cardiff

Skip bin hire
skip bin Check skip availability & pricing
Locations
Recycle Centres
tick See accepted waste types
Transfer stations
Contact
phone 1800 180 180 email [email protected]

News

See all news
Staging news1
Vehicles & Equipment
02/02/23

Recycle Central Acquires Rockpusher Trailers

Staging news2
Facilities
03/05/22

Cardiff Transfer Station Opens for the Public

news 880-Parkinson-Disease
Customers
22/04/24

Sponsorship of the Shake It Up Australia Foundation

Offtake Partners

Recycle Central partners only with proven, industry-leading recycling partners with which we can work long-term to achieve sustainable resource recovery and recycling outcomes.

At the core of maintaining these fundamental relationships is maintaining the highest standards in quality control, which enables us to deliver a consistent, homogenous material stream that meets our partners' specific manufacturing requirements.

phone 1800 180 180