Visy has broken ground at the site of the $500 million glass recycling and manufacturing facility in Stapylton south of Brisbane. The factory, which represents the largest investment the company has ever made, will recycle up to 200,000 tonnes of Queensland’s glass annually to produce 1 billion bottles a year.

“Recycling is an important weapon against climate change and the technology employed in this factory will help enable Australia to go from an average of 30% recycled glass content in bottles to 70%, which is moving towards world's-best practice,” said Visy Executive Chairman Anthony Pratt, who was joined at the groundbreaking by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

The facility will be built next to Visy’s current box factory and beverage can plant and is expected to be operational in 2025. It will support about 200 green collar manufacturing jobs once operational, and bring Visy’s Queensland workforce to more than 1000.

“This investment is made possible by the leadership of Premier Palaszczuk, and her Government’s support for Australian manufacturing,” said Mr Pratt. “They are also to be congratulated for their support for practical environmental measures, like recycling, that all Queenslanders can participate in.”

The project represents a massive expansion of Visy’s Queensland recycling and remanufacturing operations and is underpinned by a long term partnership with Asahi Beverages, and agreements with our customers Lion, Bundaberg and Coca Cola.

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Image: Breaking ground for the new Visy container manufacturing site in Brisbane.