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For over 20 years, Virotec has been pioneering environmental technologies.

Since 1999, Brian Sheeran and Bruno Bamonte have been pioneering environmental technology innovation and creating the right conditions for commercial success.

At Virotec we believe sustainable practice requires technologies and methodologies that are intelligent, cost effective and for the betterment of the planet.

Virotec’s Environmental technologies provide sustainable, environmentally sensitive solutions to major intractable problems.  Each of our technologies are classified as a clean technology or “cleantec” because it not only solves an industrial and/or social problem but also results in a treated material which can be reused, recycled or reprocessed for further environmental benefit.

Virotec’s history is based on a foundation of partnership and collaboration. Virotec was conceived due to its own environmental remediation challenge. Virotec started from humble beginnings with a portfolio of gold, silver and tin mines and faced the common problem within the mining and resource sector; tailings dam capacity and the potential for copper, lead and other heavy metals to spill and leach into the receiving environment.

With a specialized background in engineering and agriculture the innovative thinking and curiosity of Virotec co-founder Brian Sheeran saw an opportunity for sustainability and searched the globe for a solution.

Brian Sheeran partnered with a leading Australian geochemist, the late Professor David McConchie, his associate Dr Malcolm Clark and his extended team at Southern Cross University to pioneer the use of bauxite refinery residues in environmental remediation.  Through rigorous scientific research, trials and open innovation a platform, scalable technology was invented. Brian Sheeran joined forces with Bruno Bamonte and pivoted the focus of the business to sustainability and resource production and Virotec was born.

Over the past 20 years the Brian Sheeran and Bruno Bamonte along with the wider Virotec team have developed strategic partnerships, sustainable business practices and ongoing scientific invention to further develop a suite of world class environmental products and has become a world leader in pioneering enabling technologies and environmental remediation expertise.

Virotec’s products and services have successfully gained international recognition and regulatory approval in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

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Circular Economy
Circular Economy
Virotec uses waste product from the Aluminium Industry to neutralise heavy metals and other pollutants in contaminated material

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Reduce Carbon Footprint
Reduce Carbon Footprint
Virotec’s technology has allowed its customers to reuse onsite the treated soils and water, reducing significantly the transport of waste products and therefore reducing their carbon footprint.

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Treatment Guarantee
Treatment Guarantee
Virotec has extensive experience in soil, water and solid treatment. We are so confident in our technology that we guarantee our results.

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EPA Licenced
Treatment Guarantee
Virotec is licenced by the EPA for the on-site treatment and transport of regulated waste.

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End to End Solution
End to End Solution
Virotec offers its customers end to end solution, from preliminary analysis to treatment and disposal of contaminated material. Virotec also manages the legal aspect of all waste transactions with the relevant authorities.

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20 Years Experience
20 Years Experience
Virotec’s senior management and operational staff have built a tremendous amount of experience in complex waste and remediation projects over the last 20 years always achieving a positive outcome.
Testimonials
“Rio Tinto has worked with Virotec since the early 2000’s and most recently over the last two and a half
years directly with Rio Tinto Aluminium Bauxite and Alumina Pacific Operations (RTA) to understand and
evaluate the potential capacity of its Bauxsol Technology to treat red mud produced by Rio Tinto’s
Gladstone alumina refineries. This has led to a Stage 1 processing facility located at the Queensland
Alumina Refinery (QAL) in Gladstone. With this facility in place RTA are working with Virotec to increase
the volume of material created and used for beneficial reuse in a variety of remediation and other uses.”
Rod Endicott

Rod EndicottProgramme Lead – Engineering and Growth | Rio Tinto Aluminium – Bauxite and Alumina

“Virotec’s solution was to treat the water so that the mercury formed in an inert sludge layer at the tank bottom. Concrete was then poured onto this sludge layer to encapsulate it with the water discharged to the environment at well below discharge limits. Holes were then drilled into the tank base so that when it rains, the tank does not fill up.

For 10 years we had wrestled with this problem but Virotec’s unique thinking and technology that works made it happen. And all at a price that we could afford. They are the “go to” guys. ”

Karen Pascoe

Karen Pascoe Environmental Co-ordinator | Australian Paper – Tasmanian Mills

“Our Wesley Vale paper mill had accumulated about 80 tonnes of mercury contaminated water in a storage vessel that was corroding badly, with a risk to human and aquatic life. We could not find any economically viable method to treat and release the contaminated water…”
Ian Diver

Ian DiverOperations Manager | Birdsall Leather and Crafts

“Virotec put our project back on its’ time track at a lower than expected cost. They also treated components that cause significant health issues which cannot be remediated by traditional methods. All the boxes were ticked and we are very happy. “
Rod Woodrow

Rod WoodrowProject Manager | Civil, Mining and Construction Pty Ltd, Queensland

“Virotec optimised the performance of our wastewater treatment process including reagents, technical support and liaison with regulatory authorities.

Our wish list was exceeded and our trade waste discharge is well below EPA limits. There are better than expected cost savings for factory process flows. These guys know their stuff. “

Pat Aughterson

Pat AughtersonManaging Director | Excellent Plating Works Pty Ltd

“ We are a well known Australian large-scale copper, chrome, and arsenate (CCA) treatment plant. Our leachate ponds had CCA contaminated water and we were not complying with our discharge limits. We had no one to turn to but we knew that Virotec had successfully treated cyanide contaminated water in Romania which also contained arsenic.
After successful testing, Virotec treated our leachate ponds and the CCA metal levels dramatically reduced to well below our licence limits – we would not be shut down!Virotec are unusual in that they will work with you, no matter how hard the environmental problem is, to solve your issues, improve your current practices and save you money. “

Operations Manager

Operations Manager A Large CCA Treatment Plant

Australia’s preferred environmental remediation and waste water treatment expert
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