Adelaide Resource Recovery

What Adelaide Resource Recovery does

Adelaide Resource Recovery (ARR) is a privately held South Australian company founded in January 2005 that operates a 120-hectare resource recovery facility at the Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre under the banner "Building a Resourceful State." The company accepts construction and demolition (C&D) waste — concrete, bitumen, bricks, steel, timber, mixed C&D, and soils — from hundreds of Adelaide metropolitan haulers and processes it into a graded portfolio of recycled building materials: Recycled Concrete Pavement Materials (PM Series, Class 1-3 in 20mm and 40mm), Aggregates (SA Series, SA Water approved), pugmill-processed Recycled Sand, and Recycled Bitumen. Core technology centres on a 68-tonne Nordberg Impact Crusher capable of crushing 700-800 tonnes per hour — Adelaide's largest mobile crusher — combined with pugmill processing and waste plastic sorting lines for export.

ARR generates revenue through three streams: direct sales of recycled materials to builders and civil engineering firms across South Australia (sales-led motion via phone and email), plant hire of earthworks, demolition, and crusher equipment, and international waste plastic export to buyers in China and Hong Kong (where plastic can fetch up to $500/tonne). The company has invested over $10 million in plant and equipment since 2005 and is led by General Manager Matthew Size, with sales handled by Hugh Hocking and Warren Ainscough. Notable commercial proofs include the supply of approximately 165,000 tonnes of recycled rubble for the $80 million Woolworths Brickworks Marketplace Development via Badge Construction alongside Holcim Australia, and sediment processing for the Patawalonga Lake System used as Intermediate Landfill Cover. The partnership with Holcim Australia was reported as the first time in Australia a project of this scale used recycled and quarry materials side by side, suggesting ARR has crossed a technical credibility threshold with major civil engineering buyers.

Name

Adelaide Resource Recovery

Legal name

Adelaide Resource Recovery

Website

https://arr.net.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Adelaide Resource Recovery operates a 120-hectare construction and demolition waste recycling facility at the Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre in South Australia, producing recycled rubble, aggregates, sand, and bitumen for builders, civil engineering firms, and government clients, with plant hire and waste plastic export to Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction & Demolition Recycling

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Remediation Services (562910)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530)

akta.pro primary industry

Concrete, Asphalt & Masonry Recycling (Crushing & Aggregate Production) (EUAIAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Asset Recovery, Surplus & Decommissioning Services (EUAIANAD), Demolition, Debris Removal & Site Cleanup (HSAPAOAC)

Keywords

• Construction demolition recycling
• Recycled aggregates
• Resource recovery
• Plant hire services
• Recycled building materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Dry Creek

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Recycled Building Materials Sales: ARR sells a range of Recycled Quarry Materials including recycled rubble, aggregates, bitumen, and graded sands to building civil and engineering operations throughout South Australia. Revenue is generated from the sale of processed C&D waste into reusable building materials.
2. Plant Hire Services: ARR offers an extensive range of earthworks, demolition and crusher machinery available for hire including excavators, dump trucks, loaders, graders, and crusher equipment
3. Waste Plastic Export: ARR exports waste plastic to China and Hong Kong, earning income from materials that would otherwise go to landfill. Plastics sell for up to $500 per tonne. Extracted from mixed waste stream received at Wingfield operation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Adelaide Resource Recovery (ARR) operates a 120-hectare resource recovery facility at the Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre, accepting construction and demolition (C&D) waste and processing it into recycled building materials including Recycled Rubble, Recycled Concrete Pavement Materials (PM Series), Aggregates (SA Series), Recycled Sand, and Recycled Bitumen. These materials are sold to building, construction, civil engineering and infrastructure operations throughout South Australia, alongside plant hire services for earthworks, demolition, and crushing equipment.

Product overview

Adelaide Resource Recovery (ARR) operates a resource recovery facility at the Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre, transforming Construction & Demolition waste into valuable resources. The company offers a portfolio of recycled building materials including Recycled Rubble (core product), Recycled Concrete Pavement Materials (PM series with Class 1-3 grades in 20mm and 40mm sizes), Aggregates (SA series in various stone sizes), Recycled Sand (standard and pugmill-processed), and Recycled Bitumen products. Additionally, ARR provides Plant Hire services for earthworks, demolition, and crushing equipment. The company accepts various C&D waste materials including concrete, bricks, bitumen, soil, scrap metal, and mixed construction waste for processing into these recycled products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recycled Concrete Pavement Materials (PM Series) Recycled crushed concrete pavement material supplied as Class 1, 2 and 3 base and sub-base course in 20mm and 40mm sizes, used as upper and lower layers for high to medium traffic roadways by construction and civil engineering firms.
• Aggregates (SA Series) Screened recycled aggregates supplied in SA 7/14, SA 14/20 and SA 14/40 stone sizes for drainage, bedding, pipe laying and temporary site access tracks; SA 7/14 carries SA Water approval.
• Recycled Sand (RCS / RCS/W) Recycled drainage sand for pipe laying and paver bedding, available as standard RCS or pugmill-processed moist RCS/W ready for compaction.
• Recycled Bitumen Recycled bitumen profiles and rubble for rural driveways, hardstands, carparks and sub-bases, offered as an alternative to virgin quarried materials.
• Recycled Rubble ARR's most popular product — crushed recycled concrete used for stable building foundations and well-compacted bases for roads and bridges. Cement in the crushed concrete reactivates during compaction to deliver a harder base than quarry material, with better wet-weather performance.
• Plant Hire Services Hire of bulk earthworks, demolition and crusher equipment including mini to mine-spec excavators, articulated dump trucks, loaders, GPS and laser-guided graders, excavators with grabs and shears, long-reach excavators, and concrete and virgin rock crushers.
• Waste Plastic Export Service Extraction, sorting, baling and export of waste plastic recovered from mixed C&D waste streams for overseas buyers in Hong Kong and China who pelletise the material for automotive and construction component manufacturing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides harder base than quarry materials when used as backfill due to cement reactivation from crushed concrete
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Holcim AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015ARR and Holcim Australia were awarded the contract to supply backfill for the $80 million Brickworks Marketplace Development. Both companies delivered material every day for 3 months during winter. ARR provided approximately 165,000 tonnes of rubble. This was reportedly the first time in Australia a project of this size used recycled and quarry materials side by side.
• Zero Waste SAminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2006ARR was Gold Sponsor of the Towards Zero Waste: Achieving Practical Solutions Conference held at Glenelg. Zero Waste SA is a State Government agency created to promote waste management practices that eliminate waste consignment to landfill and advance resource recovery and recycling.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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