A multi-stream resource recovery and remanufacturing operation based in South Australia. Plastics is our technical specialty — processing commodity through high-performance polymers. Alongside this, we recover and bale commercial cardboard and post-consumer textiles, keeping material in the economy and out of landfill.
Three of Australia's highest-volume waste streams — plastic, textile, and cardboard — share the same structural problem. Too much is sent to landfill, too little is recovered locally, and the infrastructure to process material at scale within Australia is thin. Since China closed the door on foreign waste in 2017, the crisis has only deepened across all three streams.
Meanwhile, Australian manufacturers import virgin material because there isn't enough domestic recycled supply to meet demand. The gap is structural — and it's exactly where CRA operates.
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Watch Documentary →We close the loop that's broken. Plastic, textile, and cardboard waste enters our facility — and specification-grade material, baled recovered fibre, and engineered products come out. Every tonne recovered is a tonne that doesn't reach landfill.
South Australia generates significant volumes of plastic, textile, and cardboard waste every year — from post-consumer streams to commercial and industrial generators. Plastics remain our technical specialty: we process the full polymer spectrum, from commodity resins (PE, PP, PET) through to high-performance engineering materials (PA66, PC, PMMA, PEEK, PPS and more).
Alongside plastics, we recover commercial cardboard and post-consumer textiles — sorted, baled, and supplied to domestic paper mills, fibre recovery operators, and reuse channels. One partner. Multiple streams. All kept in the Australian circular economy.
Incoming PET containers sorted by colour and grade. Contaminated or mixed streams rejected at intake.
Granulated to 10–15mm flake. Hot wash removes labels and adhesives. Centrifugal drying to <1% moisture.
NIR and colour sorting for maximum purity. Clean flakes bagged with full batch traceability.
Industrial scrap sorted by resin (PE, PP, PVC, PS, PA66, PC, PMMA, PBT, PEEK, PPS and more) and flow properties.
Reduced to 5–7mm regrind. All equipment fitted with dust separation for consistent quality output.
Clean regrind dispatched to manufacturers with full traceability.
Post-consumer textiles sorted into reusable and non-reusable streams. Graded by fibre type and condition.
Sorted material baled and supplied to domestic fibre recovery operators, industrial wiper producers, and reuse channels.
Commercial cardboard and paper sorted by grade — OCC, mixed paper, and contamination removed at intake.
Baled to mill specification and supplied to Australian paper mills and pulping facilities.
Clean, hot-washed and colour-sorted PET, HDPE, and PP flakes at 10–15mm particle size. Suitable for injection moulding, direct extrusion, blow moulding, or as pelletiser feedstock.
Clean, dust-separated regrind across the full polymer spectrum — commodity through high-performance engineering plastics. Segregated by resin type and flow properties (MFI and shear rate) for injection and extrusion process streams.
Sorted and graded post-consumer textiles, baled for reuse and fibre recovery. Separated into reusable and non-reusable streams, supplied to domestic fibre recovery operators, industrial wiper producers, and reuse channels.
Sorted OCC (Old Corrugated Cardboard) and mixed paper, baled to mill specification. Supplied to Australian paper mills and pulping facilities — supporting the domestic processing capacity required since the federal export ban on unprocessed recovered fibre.
Uniform 3–5mm pellets produced via single-screw extrusion. Pelletising across all recycled resins — PET with IV improvement technology, plus PE, PP, and engineering polymers. Drop-in replacement for virgin resin in manufacturing.
100% recycled structural profiles — posts, bollards, sleepers, decking. Rot-proof, termite-proof, graffiti-resistant. 50+ year lifespan with zero maintenance.
Plastics is our technical specialty. We accept over 20 polymer types across the full spectrum — from high-volume commodity plastics to specialist engineering and high-performance resins. If your material is on this list, we can process it.
Not listed? Contact us — we regularly assess additional resins and blends. If it's thermoplastic, we can likely process it.
Process control driven by deep polymer science. Material sorted by resin, colour, and flow properties (MFI, shear rate) to deliver consistent output manufacturers can trust.
Commodity to high-performance: PE, PP, PET, PVC, PA66, PC, PMMA, PBT, PVDF, PEEK, PPS, PEI, and more. Few Australian recyclers cover this range.
Technical leadership across the full plastics lifecycle — material selection, product design, tooling, advanced polymer processing, and recycling. PhD-level business strategy.
Plastics, textiles, and cardboard recovered under one roof. Most Australian recyclers handle one material — we give SA generators a single partner across three high-volume waste streams.
Send us your manufacturing scrap and we regrind plastic to specification — you buy back high-quality material at lower cost than virgin resin, your waste stays in your supply chain. For commercial generators with cardboard and textile waste, we also provide sort, bale, and onward-dispatch services.
Deliver your manufacturing offcuts, purgings, or reject parts to our facility.
Shredding, granulating, and dust separation to produce clean, specification-grade regrind.
Receive your own material back as high-quality regrind — at a fraction of virgin resin cost.
Reduce waste disposal costs, lower input costs, and demonstrate circular economy credentials.
Deep experience spanning material selection, product design, tooling, processing, and recycling — not just one link in the chain.
We don't stop at PE and PP. Our expertise covers engineering resins (PA66, PC, POM) through to high-performance materials (PEEK, PPS, PEI).
Formal qualifications in polymer science and engineering underpin everything we do — from process design to quality control.
Advanced knowledge in strategy, operations, and organisational leadership — built on scalable business models and long-term growth planning.
We don't just recycle — we remanufacture. From waste receival through to finished product, the entire value chain is under one roof.
Every batch is processed to specification — sorted by resin, MFI, colour, and end-use application. Material that performs, not just material that exists.
We transform low-value plastic waste into specification-grade materials and durable manufactured products — real products for real applications.
Every process, product, and partnership is designed to keep material cycling — reducing landfill, lowering emissions, and building a genuinely circular plastics economy in Australia.
Automotive, food manufacturers, FMCG, mining, agricultural, and construction generators — deliver rigid plastic waste and purged material from moulding or extrusion. We accept all industrial plastic scrap: commodity, engineering, and high-performance polymers.
Sorted HDPE, PP, and PET from Container Deposit depots. Partner with councils and MRFs to divert rigid plastics from landfill with full traceability.
Retailers, warehouses, distribution centres, and commercial generators — deliver OCC and mixed paper waste. Sorted, baled, and supplied to domestic mills.
Clothing brands, op shops, charities, and retailers with unsellable or end-of-life stock. We sort, grade, and bale textiles for reuse and fibre recovery channels.
Injection moulders, blow moulders, pipe and profile extruders — consistent, high-quality recycled flake and regrind for your production lines.
Send us your manufacturing plastic scrap, we regrind it to specification, and you buy it back — reducing input costs while keeping your waste in your own supply chain. Baling services also available for commercial cardboard and textile waste.
Baled OCC and mixed paper supplied to Australian mills and pulping facilities. Recovered textiles channelled to domestic fibre recovery and reuse operators.
Recycled plastic lumber for bollards, posts, decking, and sleepers. Rot-proof. Maintenance-free. 50+ year lifespan.
Whether you generate plastic, textile, or cardboard waste — or need recovered material for manufacturing — we're ready to talk. One partner across three streams, all kept in the Australian circular economy.
Start the ConversationCircular Recycling and Remanufacturing Australia is a South Australia–based resource recovery and remanufacturing company. We exist to close the loop on three of Australia's highest-volume waste streams: plastics, textiles, and cardboard. Every tonne we recover is a tonne that doesn't reach landfill — supporting SA's target of zero avoidable waste to landfill by 2030.
Plastics is our deepest technical capability. We process the full polymer spectrum, from commodity resins through to high-performance engineering materials, delivering clean specification-grade material and engineered products back to Australian manufacturers. Alongside this, we recover and bale commercial cardboard and post-consumer textiles — supplying paper mills, fibre recovery operators, and reuse channels within the domestic supply chain.
Our approach combines deep technical expertise across the plastics value chain with strategic and business leadership — enabling scalable, commercially grounded, environmentally purposeful operations.
Led by PhD experts in the field of plastics with combined experience of over five decades in wide-ranging industries and across the full lifecycle of plastics — material selection, polymer testing & analysis, product design & innovations, advanced polymer processing, and recycling.
Co-founded by a PhD-qualified business management professional, bringing advanced knowledge in strategy, operations, and organisational leadership. Built on strong commercial foundations, scalable business models, and long-term growth strategy.
Whether you're a waste generator looking for a recovery partner, a manufacturer or mill seeking recovered material, or an organisation interested in waste diversion — we're ready to discuss how we can work together across plastics, textiles, and cardboard.