Aerofloat’s wastewater solution will help to ensure Circular Plastics Australia’s vision of a circular economy at its Laverton plant in Victoria.
Aerofloat has worked with Circular Plastics Australia on multiple projects to ensure compliant wastewater.
Circular Plastics Australia required a wastewater system at its new plastics recycling facility in Laverton, Victoria. The plant’s focus will be recycling high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) plastics from the Melbourne community.
It required a wastewater treatment solution that would meet Melbourne city’s strict trade waste requirements.
Aerofloat’s wastewater treatment system utilises its proprietary AeroDAF technology and dewatering to ensure compliant effluent.
Aerofloat has worked with Circular Plastics Australia on multiple projects to ensure compliant wastewater.
Aerofloat’s design allows for further water saving options for the Circular Plastics Australia site in the future if required.
The entire plant was automated to ensure low maintenance for operators.
Aerofloat has designed and built the wastewater treatment system for Circular Plastics Australia in Laverton, Melbourne after its success with the Albury plant.
Following the plastics recycling industry boom in Australia with the inception of the National Plastics Plan in 2021, Aerofloat has become the go-to wastewater treatment company for new projects.
Aerofloat has been working in the plastics recycling industry for eight years, designing major wash water and wastewater solutions that meet the specific criteria of multiple companies and councils across the eastern board. The company has won awards for its innovative designs and is now the industry’s go-to wastewater engineering company in Australia.
Aerofloat designed and built the wastewater treatment system for Circular Plastics Australia’s first plant, located in Albury New South Wales and its Laverton and Altona North plants in Melbourne.
Aerofloat’s system included an IPS (inlet pumping station), screening, balance tank, AeroDAF, sludge tank, screw press, and effluent tank.
“The new plant in Laverton can process two tons of HDPE and two tons of PP per hour. That means it’s going to process over 20,000 tonnes a year. Aerofloat’s solution will manage those flows and ensure compliant effluent discharge to sewer,” said Michael Anderson, GM Engineering and Projects for Aerofloat.
Adam Kornhauser, Site Lead for the Laverton facility says the plant will contribute to creating a circular economy that benefits its local community. Aerofloat worked closely with the Circular Plastics team to ensure collaboration across all facets of the project.
“Circular Plastics Australia has worked with Aerofloat on previous projects,” said Kornhauser. “Aerofloat’s design engineers therefore understood our needs and were able to bring that knowledge from existing plants to ensure a robust design that would meet our requirements.”
Given the space challenges at the Laverton site differed to Albury, Aerofloat utilised its 3D modelling to show how the sites’ specific needs would be met.
“One of the biggest challenges for us was the lack of space for wastewater treatment,” said Anderson. “By drawing on our project history, we are able to model and design the future set-up within 90 per cent of the final design and ensure a small footprint despite the scale of the project.”
With significant production volumes at the sites, wastewater flows are expected to be equally high.
“We are expecting average daily flows of around 400 cubic metres per day at Laverton,” said Kornhauser. “Aerofloat’s design is expected to more than meet that demand.”
“At the moment, ensuring Circular Plastics Australia meet their recycling volumes is the first priority, however we have set up the plants ready for additional water re-use. That will be something we can address in the future if they want to reduce their water output further.” Said Michael Anderson, General Manager, Aerofloat.
Aerofloat has provided multiple sustainable solutions to the growing plastics recycling industry. “Our knowledge helps us grow and remain the industry’s go-to wastewater engineering company in Australia,” said Anderson.
Meat manufacturer Meyer Food Co. utilised Aerofloat’s AeroDAF to ensure compliancy for its meat processing facility.
Circular Plastics Australia’s new plant in Altona North, Victoria, will recycle high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) plastics from the Melbourne community. It required a wastewater treatment solution that would meet Melbourne city’s strict trade waste requirements.
Wastewater and wash line system ensures quality and growth assured for plastics recycling plant in Victoria. Aerofloat recently installed a wastewater treatment system at GT Recycling in Moolap, Victoria to wash the recycled plastic to ensure quality products for their customers.
