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Visy RecyclingNew Zealand

About Visy• Leon Pratt, the founder of Visy began manufacturingcorrugated cardboard boxes in Melbourne, Australia, in1948 under the company name of Visy Board.• Visy Recycling was established in 1979 to collect andprocess a range of recyclable materials.• In 2008 Visy Recycling opened its first New ZealandMaterials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Onehunga. The mostadvanced in the Southern Hemisphere, its sophisticationmakes recycling even easier.• Visy employees over 8000 people and has 13 MRFs, 8Paper Mills, 37 Packaging machine, 5 Glass Sorting, and 5Paper Sorting operations in Australasia.

Business Portfolio

Visy Recycling• Visy Recycling extracts maximum recyclable materials using state of the artequipment and are a major contributor in the reduction of waste going tolandfill.• Visy New Zealand take back what we manufacture for recycling and reuse.It's a 'closed loop' approach and it's what we've built our business around.• The fully commingled service:• Allows collection of a widerrange of recyclables withpotential to expand the range• Stimulates greater levels ofparticipation because of itssimplicity and increasesrecycling by as much as 35%

Visy Recycling• New Zealanders are great recyclers and Visy's goal is to makerecycling easy.• Every week, thousands of New Zealand households, schoolsand businesses put out recyclable materials for processing byVisy Recycling.• Materials are collected using a network of vehicles andrecyclables are taken to the Visy Material Recovery Facility(MRF) for sorting.

Auckland Material Recovery Facility (MRF)• Visy Recycling in partnership withAuckland Council for a term of 14 years(BOOT operation)• The Visy MRF processes kerbsiderecyclables from the Auckland, Manukau,Papakura and Franklin regions. Rodney isvia a private contract arrangement• Currently not servicing North Shore orWaitakere. When Contracts expire in2015, Visy hope to have the opportunityto tender• Currently this equates to 280,000households or 770,000 people around20% of the New Zealand population

Auckland MRF – Key FactsInnovative and Forward-looking:The Auckland MRF has the capacity to process recyclables fromother regions and the modular design allows for a straightforwardupgrade to double the original capacity.Site Area and Operation:Occupies 3.6ha of a 10ha site and it is growing . The addition of anew glass plant in 2010 allowed 120,000 tonnes of glass to be recycled per annum.The land is owned by the Auckland City Council and the MRF was constructed in2007/2008 and began operations on 30 th June 2008. The MRF operates 24 hours 5 days aweek.Recycling Capacity:Current market volumes the MRF processes 85,000 tonnes or 500,000 cubic meters perannum. The operation has the future capacity to process up to 160,000 tonnes ofrecyclables a year.

The Processing StageDuring the processing stage the recyclable materials are sorted into theirrespective commodities:• Steel and Aluminium (3,500 tonne)• Paper, Cardboard (60,000 tonnes)• Plastic (PET 1000 tonne, HDPE Clear 800 tonne & Mixed Plastic 3,500 tonne)• Glass (MRF 35,000 & Commercial 80,000 tonnes)• Recyclables once sorted are baled in groups. These bales are sent tocustomers who clean and resort, the materials are ready to be processed forremanufacture into new products.• Visy reuses the cardboard, paper and plastics, which are manufactured intonew cardboard boxes, displays and soft drink bottles.

Onehunga MRF Aerial View

Onehunga MRF Technology

Onehunga MRF TechnologyTrommels

Onehunga MRF TechnologyScreens

Onehunga MRF TechnologyOptic Sorter

Onehunga MRF TechnologyMagnetic Belt

EducationAt Visy, we're happy to share our knowledge with businesses,schools and the community to promote awareness of the value andimportance of recycling.Visy EnviromaniacsVisy Enviromaniacs is our online educationresources and games aimed at primary schoolstudents in years 3 to 6, it focuses on thebenefits of taking practical actions to helppreserve and protect our environmentThe Visy Recycling Centre in Auckland hasseen over 15,000 school students through it’sdoors since it opened in August 2008 andeach year our visitor numbers are growing.

Our FocusVisy Recycling is committed to recovering all recyclableproducts that would otherwise be destined for landfill andrecycling them into new products; ready to be consumedand recycled again, and again, and again.It's not only our policy as an organisation, it's our dedicationto the communities we operate in. Visy works hard toensure that through our products and activities we are:Enhancing the viability of resource recovery and recycling,– Following the principles of sustainable development,– Increasing waste diversion from landfill, and– Reducing waste production and enhancing its quality.

How can you help?

Key Industry Challenges?• Which is it?• Recyclable and will be Recycled• Recyclable and may be Recycled• Recyclable and not Recycled• A symbol does not mean it will be Recycled• Is there a process for recycling?• What products will it be recycled into?• What is the value of the recycled material?• The more products it can be recycled in to and orthe higher the recycled value, then a betterchance it will be recycled!

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Visy RecyclingNew Zealand