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Kimberly-Clark Signs Contract with Relivit
- Published December 09, 2014 2:52PM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
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8th December 2014
Kimberly-Clark Australia, maker of market leading Huggies® Nappies, has formalised its support for the Relivit project by signing up to Relivit’s service. Under the contract, manufacturing waste from Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies Nappy Mill in South-West Sydney will be sent to Relivit’s proposed plant for recycling, diverting it from landfill. In addition, an exclusive partnership with the Huggies brand will give consumers in the future the option to recycle their nappies and other absorbent hygiene waste for the first time in Australia.
Mark Dunn, Managing Director of Relivit, is excited about the new agreement saying, “To have a company like Kimberly-Clark get behind and partner with us is both a tremendous validation and support for what we are doing, particularly given the reach and influence of their market leading brands like Huggies. The contract helps further de-risk the project for investors, further demonstrates demand and underpins future cash flows. We now have almost two-thirds of our breakeven tonnage under contract, with the rest already under letters of intent. By the time the plant is commissioned, we expect to have double the breakeven tonnage ready to go” – a view supported by letters of intent obtained from Shellharbour, Kiama and Lake Macquarie councils, who want to trial Relivit’s service on its commencement.
“With Kimberly-Clark on-board, joining our other major partners such as Initial Hygiene and Bunzl Outsourcing Services, we’re looking forward to securing the final piece of funding so that we can start work adapting an existing facility for our needs. This will allow us to create 70 new, sustainable jobs, divert many tens of thousands of tonnes of waste from landfill and reclaim millions of dollars’ worth of materials. We will also make carbon savings equivalent to removing 5,625 cars from our roads, assuming each car was to drive 15,000 km a year”, Mr Dunn explained.
Relivit’s Australian-first business model, the technology and access to a suitable plant will allow over 95% of absorbent hygiene waste to be diverted away from landfill. This means used disposable nappies, female hygiene and adult incontinence aids will become almost completely recyclable.
According to Jacquie Fegent-McGeachie, Head of Sustainability & Corporate Affairs at Kimberly-Clark Australia & New Zealand, “for years we have been working hard to identify a waste processing option that would enable our Huggies Nappies, Poise® and Depend® adult care products, and our U by Kotex® female hygiene products to be recycled post use. To date, there has been no technology in Australia to recycle and recover the materials of these products. Therefore, we’re thrilled to be supporting Relivit in establishing Australia’s first absorbent hygiene waste facility”.
“We believe that Relivit’s business model, which makes recycling Absorbent Hygiene Waste cheaper than landfill will be a game changer for waste management in Australia. Relivit has the technology to recover the materials from absorbent hygiene products post-use and will help to address landfill. Therefore, partnering with Relivit makes both business and environmental sense,” says Fegent-McGeachie.
Once the targeted capital investment has been secured, Relivit’s first-of-a-kind plant in Australia will recover the paper fibre, plastic and super absorbent polymer (SAP) contained in absorbent hygiene waste to be used to manufacture new products such as park benches, building materials and more.
For more information on the investment opportunity, please contact:
- Mark Dunn, Managing Director of Relivit on [email protected]
Regards,
Mark Dunn
Managing Director, Relivit Holdings Ltd