{"id":876076,"date":"2026-09-01T10:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876076\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:10:15","slug":"dozens-of-jobs-up-in-the-air-as-major-australian-recycling-company-falls-into-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876076\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of jobs up in the air as major Australian recycling company falls into administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Australia<\/a>\u2019s largest plastics recycling businesses has collapsed into voluntary administration, creating uncertainty for the company\u2019s dozens of employees.<\/p>\n

Recycling Plastics Australia has appointed Tim Mableson and Ned Swifte from KPMG as voluntary administrators.<\/p>\n

\"Different<\/p>\n

One of Australia\u2019s largest plastics recycling businesses has collapsed into voluntary administration.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The business is based in Kilburn in South Australia<\/a> and employs about 60 staff.<\/p>\n

Recycling Plastics Australia\u2019s directors said voluntary administration \u201cis the most appropriate course of action to preserve value and provide the business with an opportunity to explore restructuring and recapitalisation options\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cA significant factor in this decision was the recent insolvency of a major supplier to RPA,\u201d the directors said in a statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis unexpected development created considerable additional uncertainty in an already challenging business environment which in turn materially affected RPA\u2019s ability to proceed with its planned operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe directors thank RPA\u2019s employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders for their continued support.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll work closely and constructively with the administrators throughout the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company<\/a> said the change was despite the \u201csignificant efforts of management and shareholders to recapitalise the business and continue operations\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mableson said the administrators would engage closely with customers, suppliers, employees and government stakeholders to achieve \u201cthe most optimal outcome\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs administrators we recognise the important role RPA performs within Australia\u2019s recycling infrastructure,\u201d Mabelson said.<\/p>\n

Recycling Plastics Australia previously received a $20 million federal government grant in 2024 to buy new state-of-the-art machinery to recycle soft plastics and employ staff.<\/p>\n

The Australian government\u2019s investment aimed to help divert 14,000 tonnes of soft plastics away from landfill every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Australia\u2019s largest plastics recycling businesses has collapsed into voluntary administration, creating uncertainty for the company\u2019s dozens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-876076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}