The Environmental Group Limited
Mixed Waste Recycling Facility for BINGO Industries
Year 2021
Design, supply, and installation of the BINGO recovery site
In partnership with Turmec, we completed a major mixed waste recycling facility for BINGO Industries
Year 2021
Location: Eastern Creek Ecology Park in Western Sydney, Australia
Material Type: Construction & Demolition (C&D), Commercial & Industrial (C&I),
Hours per annum: 7000
Annual capacity: 300,000 tonnes
Value: € 25M
Project Timeline: April 2020 – November 2021
THE Project
The AUD$100 million (€63 million) facility is fitted out with world-leading resource recovery technology designed and supplied by Turmec from their headquarters at Rathcairn , Athboy, Co. Meath. The new waste processing facility reinforces BINGO Industries’ position as leaders in Australia’s circular economy.
The facility has been designed to drastically increase the amounts of waste diverted from landfills and manufacture them into new building and landscaping products made from 100% recycled content, which are then available for purchase by building and infrastructure companies, landscaping businesses, councils, and the general public. Operational since July 2021, the plant is expected to process up to 7,000 tonnes of materials a day, or 300 tonnes per hour. It will be capable of processing a wide variety of waste, including materials from the Construction and Demolition (C&D) and Commercial and Industrial (C&I) sectors, which combined generate 80% of Australia’s core waste streams.
The beginning
The plant is designed to process building and demolition waste (B&D) with an average output of 300 tonnes per hour via 2 x 150 tonnes per hour lines located on either side of the building. The plant is SCADA-controlled and operated from a control room where 200 CCTVs and cameras collect data from the plant.
The first stage of development included the construction of Materials Processing Centre 2 (MPC 2) thought to be the largest mixed dry waste recycling plant in the world. MPC 2 generated more than 400 jobs during the construction phase and an additional 200 jobs once it became operational.
Turmec install Started in April 2020 amid the COVID pandemic and was completed in 2021; the COVID pandemic did not affect Turmec installation.
Key Facts
- There were over 141 40 ft shipping containers that left Rathcairn for Australia and 59 from
various other destinations in Europe, such as Austria, Germany, and France - 150 Conveyors
- with approx 2500 m of belting and
- 100 000 bolts were installed on site and in factory assembly
THE Overall Project
The plant is designed to process building and demolition waste (B&D) with an average output of 300 tonnes per hour via 2 x 150 tonnes per hour lines located on either side of the building The plant is SCADA-controlled and operated from a control room where 200 CCTVs and cameras collect data from the plant.
The plant outputs are as follows:
- Aggregates
- Hardcore
- Natural Timber
- Engineered Timber
- Ferrous Metals
- Non-Ferrous Metals
- Rubbish/Landfill materia
Waste Lines – Materials are delivered to the site and stockpiled before going through various processes.
Primary Feed Lines 2 off the East & West side of the building which reduces the Skip waste material to a more manageable size. This separates the fines, soils, and smaller aggregates from the larger stones, hardcore, timber, plastics, and lighter waste. (Divides material into 3 fractions 0 60 mm fraction (fines) and mid fraction > 60 mm and then an oversize fraction. A Drum Magnet was installed to further separate large ferrous metals from waste. Material then travels up the incline conveyor and passes over electromagnetic separator to recover ferrous metals. Single Drum Separator (SDS) Each of the four aggregate fractions is passed through SDS which separates light from heavy fractions. The lights are collected on one conveyor and transferred to the RDF collection system before being discharged onto the landfill conveyor. All cleaned aggregates from all four lines are then collected on one conveyor ( 6 60 mm) and transferred to the outfeed conveyor system.
Project Results/Outcomes
The project was delivered on budget and on time. Bingo achieves industry-leading recovery rates of greater than 80 through its state-of-the-art advanced recycling facility, MPC 2. This results in less than 20% of BINGO’s entire waste network ending up as residual waste in the landfill. The facility fortifies BINGO Industries’ position as a leader in Australia’s growing circular economy. The advanced on-site screening, sorting, and processing technologies not only allow more materials to be recovered but also produce a higher-quality end product. Commenting, BINGO Industries Head of Sustainability, Nik Comito, said:
“As a resource recovery business that is committed to the principles that underpin an effective circular economy, we are continually developing our business to stretch ourselves and to further innovate to keep products and materials in use at as high a value level as possible. The innovations and processing capacities we now have at Eastern Creek will help us achieve these goals and meet the expectations of our customers and our wider stakeholders in industry groups, civil society, and government. Turmec has been a key and supportive partner in our journey at Eastern Creek."