Repurposing recovered organic materials as alternative raw materials for brick production

  • Hagare, Dharma (Chief Investigator)
  • Samali, Bijan (Chief Investigator)
  • Tao, Zhong (Chief Investigator)
  • Varua, Maria (Chief Investigator)
  • Clark, Simon (Primary Chief Investigator)
  • Siddiqui, Zuhaib (Chief Investigator)
  • Alipour Esgandani, Golnaz (Chief Investigator)

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

We propose to develop a process for repurposing composted municipal organic waste into brick production that will reduce municipal waste sent to landfill, and hence greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, it reduces fuel usage in brick production and produces a durable, economically viable, and environmentally friendly brick product. Immediate implementation of this innovation is made viable by the co-location of a Global Renewables Ltd (GRL) compositing plant located in Eastern Creek and the Austral Brick Co Pty Ltd (ABC) brick kilns at Horsley Park, Sydney (within 2 km between them). The technology once proven could be implemented across Australia and around the world and will result in reducing the disposal of the organic component of municipal waste to landfill, resulting in significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Every tonne of food waste diverted from landfill can potentially reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by between 0.3 and 2.8 tonne CO2-e.
AcronymNSW Circular
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/11/2227/06/24