$8.7m biogas recovery project to reduce meat producer's carbon bill

JBS Australia, the country’s largest producer of meat products, has engaged technical service company Wiley to project manage the $8.7 million upgrade of its wastewater treatment system.

The upgrade will involve the design, construction and installation of new pretreatment equipment and covered anaerobic lagoon technology. According to Wiley, this technology will start reducing the company’s carbon tax bill as soon as the lagoons are covered.

Key features of the project include:

• a new 20 ML anaerobic pond
• a biomethane gas recovery system from new and existing ponds
• integration of biomethane gas as fuel for the existing gas-fired boiler
• a red waste stream dissolved air flotation system replacement
• a system for tallow recovery
• modifications to the existing trade waste system

JBS is a long-term client of Wiley, with the two companies having previously worked together on a saltwater hide processing plant - for which they won the Master Builders Association Brisbane Award for Innovation in Environmental Management.

“We are proud to work with JBS, supporting their ongoing commitment to environmental innovation,” said Wiley Managing Director, Tom Wiley. “Every project like this is a step towards a better future.”

The project is now in the construction phase, with completion of work anticipated in March 2014.

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