Australian recycling plant breaks new groundFriday 22 Feb 2013 The Hon Peter Hall, Minister for Higher Education and Member for Eastern Victoria, and Mr Jim Henneberry, CEO, Australian Paper, joined Mr Yoshio Haga, President of Nippon Paper Group on 15 February at a ceremony to mark the start of construction of a AU$90 million recycling plant at Australian Paper’s Maryvale Mill.“Today’s ground-breaking ceremony marks the first stage of construction and Australian Paper acknowledges the confidence that our parent company Nippon Paper, the Victorian Government and the Australian Government have shown in local manufacturing by supporting this plant,” Mr Jim Henneberry, CEO, Australian Paper said. “The Maryvale recycling plant is a key part of our strategy, and will create more than 960 FTE jobs during its construction. Once in operation, the recycling plant is expected to contribute $51 million to gross domestic product each year, and support 246 FTE flow on jobs. Guests at the event toured Maryvale Mill and inspected the recycling plant site. Construction work on the site will commence during February and the plant is expected to be fully operational in early 2014. The plant will generate 50,000 tonnes of premium recycled pulp each year, diverting up to 80,000 tonnes of wastepaper from Australian landfill; equivalent to more than 16 billion sheets of A4 office paper every year. |
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