❓ A WA parliamentary question highlights the benefits of a new garden pot recycling facility in Midvale, funded by a state grant, which aims to reduce plastic waste in landfills and promote environmental sustainability.
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I understand that the minister recently attended an exciting new recycling facility in Midvale, which is yet another example of this State leading the way in recycling. Mr M.J. Birney: That is not a question. Ask a question. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Kalgoorlie! Mr F.M. LOGAN: Will the minister please explain the benefits of such a facility? Dr J.M. EDWARDS
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I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
Mr M.J. Birney: That is not a question. Ask a question. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Kalgoorlie! Mr F.M. LOGAN: Will the minister please explain the benefits of such a facility? Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Kalgoorlie! Mr F.M. LOGAN: Will the minister please explain the benefits of such a facility? Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
Mr F.M. LOGAN: Will the minister please explain the benefits of such a facility? Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
Mr M.J. Birney: That is not a question. Ask a question. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Kalgoorlie! Mr F.M. LOGAN: Will the minister please explain the benefits of such a facility? Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Kalgoorlie! Mr F.M. LOGAN: Will the minister please explain the benefits of such a facility? Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
Mr F.M. LOGAN: Will the minister please explain the benefits of such a facility? Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
I thank the member for the question. I was fortunate on Saturday to inspect a new facility called Pot Recyclers. This small facility in a factory unit in Midvale has just received a grant of $37 000 from the waste management fund. It is able to recycle garden pots. It is estimated that every year in Western Australia 100 million pots go into landfill. That is about 8 000 tonnes of plastic that can now be used. I commend the people involved. The owner of the company is a former accountant who wanted to do something for the environment and who had noticed all the pots stacked up in his garden shed. He has redesigned engineering equipment and invented other equipment and new processes. He now has a process by which he can reuse a proportion of the pots immediately. The majority of the pots are put through the process and granulated. That granulated material then goes to a feedstock manufacturing company in Canning Vale and comes out the other end as pots again. He has totally closed the loop on garden pots. This is a small but innovative idea with garden pots. Currently, 100 million of them go to landfill and, with a bit of thought, this guy has been able to do something imaginative and innovative with them and has employed various members of his family to get this facility up and running. We need to do more with the recycling of plastics. I commend these people for their ingenuity and urge people, if they have any pots in their garden sheds, to take them to the nursery and have them put through this process. A small proportion of the profits goes to the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.
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