Photo: Newsline / CCCA multi-million dollar Government grant will be used to upgrade the plant that processes Christchurch’s recycling. The Ministry for the Environment has announced $16.8 million in funding for EcoCentral to upgrade the optical and mechanical sorting machines used at its Parkhouse Road Materials Recovery Facility. EcoCentral chief executive Craig Downie said the company's application for funding to upgrade the equipment at the facility was accepted. "Some plastic materials are very difficult to tell apart, even for the professionals. This is where the optical sorter can in a split-second determine the different types of plastic," Sage says.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 27, 2020 03:45 UTC