Plastic recycling machine finds home

A key phase of the collaborative Three Phase Sustainability Project launched during National Recycling Week is the Shruder Initiative, which will make our Port Macquarie campus home to a ‘Shruder’ recycling machine, property of the Plastic Collective.

The Shruder is a dual purpose, compact, industrial shredder and extruder, for recycling used plastics. School and community were involved in sorting and shredding single-use plastics which can then be on-sold to recyclers or made into new products.

Local sustainability champion, Mr Lloyd Godson, provided on-campus workshops for high school and university students, industry and community.

The second phase of the sustainability project encourages high school students to develop innovative uses for the recycled material through the Shark Tank eSchool program embarking on a 20-week face-to-face on-campus innovation and education program.

The final phase culminated in the students competing in a national competition where students placed 1st in the country for Innovation – Luke Aguila with his Midifier Project and Team Litterbug Placing 3rd across the state with their aquatic machine to collect litter in the Sustainability category.