After around 24 years as Australian Paper Recovery, APR Recycling has officially developed a new era with the initiation of its Dandenong South facility and rebrand. This recent expansion shows the company’s growth from paper and cardboard renewal into plastics recycling and the development of soft plastics administration.
According to Darren Thorpe, managing director of APR, the rebrand to APR Recycling is about demonstrating what the industry is now and where it is heading. “Australian Paper Recovery has been an immensely proud name for us, and it shows where we established regaining and recycling paper and cardboard. But after nearly 24 years, the firm has developed well beyond paper,” he describes to PKN.
“We operate across several recycling streams, comprising plastics, cardboard, kerbside resources, soft plastics, progressive recycling, and material recovery arrangements. The rebrand preserves the history and authority of APR, while appreciating that we are now an extensive recycling firm with a much superior role to play in Australia’s circular economy.”
“The timing is considered right because we are entering a new chapter with our developed Dandenong South facility, our financing in developed recycling, and the contracting of our soft plastics pyrolysis plant. It is a breakthrough moment for the firm.”
When the APR happened in 2002, the company was concentrating essentially on collecting, combining, and trading reclaimed paper and cardboard. Over time, Thorpe says they observed that the recycling sector was transforming, and that consumers, councils, and brand owners required more complete options, which was the catalyst for the company’s expansion.
“APR Recycling has developed into a corporation that can handle a much wider variety of resources, comprising commercial plastics, cardboard, kerbside recycling streams, and soft plastics,” Thorpe adds.
The new Dandenong South feature is a key investment in APR Recycling’s future, with the site selected due to it being a major industrial and logistics site, with a robust approach to Melbourne’s commercial, production, and transport arrangements.
17 June 2026
17 June 2026
17 June 2026
17 June 2026