November 16, 2016
Cherbourg’s recycling facility will get a $499,000 upgrade, State Development Minister Dr Anthony Lynham announced on Wednesday.
Dr Lynham said the funds would help to improve sorting and compacting at the plant, and generate new business opportunities for Cherbourg.
The project will include a new shed to house the waste-processing machinery, hoppers for the public to deposit recyclable waste, new feed conveyors, work platforms and electricity supply, and constructing a cement apron along the front of the sheds.
The plant currently produces about 250 tonnes of recyclable items a year; the expansion should allow it to increase its capacity to 1500 tonnes in a safer, more environmentally friendly way.
Construction is expected to begin in February and be completed by July.
The funding has come from Round 2 of the State Government’s Building Our Regions program.
Fifty other projects were also funded under this round across Queensland.
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