Pimba Railway Loading
loading railway line onto a train to be rail transported to a steel mill to be melted down to make new railway line – recycling at its best!
New Bathurst region collection unit
Access Recycling has begun a Bathurst-based scrap metal collection service. The tipper truck and excavator combination will be operated by a well-known Bathurst local, Glen Stapleton, to collect scrap metal from farms and industrial sites around the wider Bathurst region. The excavator is equipped with grabs and electromagnet, to provide a thorough cleanup service. The […]
Preliminary works being on South Australian rail recovery
Access Recycling was award a contract by Australian Rail Track Corporation for the collection and removal of 27,000 tonnes of worn railway line. The rails are located over a 520km section of track between Crystal Brook and Tarcoola. Following on from the safe and incident-free removal of 15,000 tonnes of railway line between Crystal Brook […]
Completed Rail Projects – July 2020
Manildra Group wagon scraping project Location: Tottenham NSW Photo: Wagons being cut up in Tottenham NSW. Access Recycling has been providing wagon scraping and other recycling services for Manildra Group for more than 15 years. The most recent batch of wagons were processed in Tottenham, NSW. Access Recycling’s rail team was able to negotiate site […]
Sponsorship of Grand Auto’s Racing 2018
ACCESS is proud to support Grand Autos Racing as a sponsor for the 2018 South Australian motorsport season. Team owner and driver Anthony Norris has been dedicated to supporting motorsport in SA for over 20 years, combining his business Grand Auto Wreckers and his passion for competitive motorsport. As Datsun and Nissan specialists, Grand Auto’s […]
Adelaide Shredder Nears Completion
Construction of Access Recycling’s Adelaide shredding plant took a major step closer to completion in early July, with the arrival of the final hammer-mill pieces from Italy. The plant is expected to be commissioned by mid-August, 2016, and will supply Intercast & Forge with very clean metal under a long-term supply agreement. The metal will […]
Scrapping of Locomotives, Casino NSW
ACCESS Recycling recently completed the scrapping of locomotives in Casino NSW for Aurizon Railways. The locomotives were stored on an active railway environment which is also a heritage listed site. The rail team had a strict time frame to carefully dismantle and remove the locomotives without disturbing the site and used strict environmental and safety […]
Export of Locomotives QLD
For over 20 years, ACCESS Recycling has been the leader in recycling of railway equipment and rolling stock. Recently, the company completed export of locomotives purchased from Aurizon Railways in QLD. Our customer, a Chilean railway operator, will refurbish them for reuse in their locomotive fleet. The operator transports large volumes of iron ore, copper […]
Canberra Land Aquisition Expands Rail Services
In December 2015 Access Recycling purchased the disused railway fuel terminal adjacent to its metal recycling facility in Fyshwick. Every week more than 1,000 tonnes of containerised scrap metal is freighted by the Access Recycling train service from Canberra to Port Botany for export to our South East Asian customers. Under present arrangements, the 50+ shipping […]
Development Approval for Adelaide Shredder
Access Recycling was pleased that our Development Application with Port Adelaide Enfield City Council was approved with no objections received. The development application was gazetted for public consultation for a period of 30 days. That fact there were no objections from businesses, or anyone else in the community, can only be taken as a vote […]