Organics


♻️ Grant opportunity: SEQ City Deal Organics Processing Program♻️
Grants
1 June 2026

♻️ Grant opportunity: SEQ City Deal Organics Processing Program♻️

Capital costs for establishing or upgrading organics processing facilities, covering infrastructure for bulking up, decontamination, processing, and classification.

♻️ Grant Opportunity: NSW Go FOGO Grants (Round 6) ♻️
FOGO
28 May 2026

♻️ Grant Opportunity: NSW Go FOGO Grants (Round 6) ♻️

Go FOGO grants are available for NSW councils looking to establish weekly FOGO services.

Waste Sector M&A seminar
Event
14 October 2025

Waste Sector M&A seminar

The Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA), ANZ, Russell Kennedy and MRA Consulting Group present The Waste Sector M&A seminar for a Changing Industry

Composting in the Concrete Jungle: How FOGO Is Finding Its Place in Australia’s MUDs and RFBs
Compost
30 September 2025

Composting in the Concrete Jungle: How FOGO Is Finding Its Place in Australia’s MUDs and RFBs

FOGO is taking off across Australia. Multi-unit dwellings (townhouses and residential flat buildings) are the next frontier. James and Mike outline the key aspects of a good FOGO program tailored to MUDs and RFBs.

Composting our way to sustainability – one quality tonne at a time
Compost
8 May 2025

Composting our way to sustainability – one quality tonne at a time

FOGO is taking off across Australia. All the more reason to implement stricter, and uniform, compost standards.

$81m FOGO funding for NSW councils
FOGO
9 April 2025

$81m FOGO funding for NSW councils

NSW Leads the Way with FOGO Mandates and $81 Million Commitment

MRA’s NSW FOGO mandate cheat sheet
FOGO
28 March 2025

MRA’s NSW FOGO mandate cheat sheet

The NSW Parliament recently passed legislation to mandate FOGO collection services for businesses and institutions starting July 2026 and for households by July 2030. MRA has prepared a cheat sheet outlining key aspects of the NSW FOGO Recycling Bill 2025 for businesses and councils

FOGO is the future but it’s future is not certain
Compost
12 March 2025

FOGO is the future but it’s future is not certain

Now that State Governments are mandating FOGO collections, it is more important than ever to pay attention to the quality of the product and our compost markets.

Commercial food waste collections coming to NSW
Organics
6 February 2025

Commercial food waste collections coming to NSW

Starting on 1 July 2025 large food waste generators will no longer be able to send organics to landfill. This major reform will improve resource recovery, create hundreds of jobs, reduce landfill consumption and reduce GHG emissions.

Climate tipping points
Circular Economy
25 October 2024

Climate tipping points

Isn’t it amazing that the media can so consistently fail to join the dots on climate change?

FOGO myth #1: FOGO contamination is too high and prevents good quality compost
FOGO
18 June 2024

FOGO myth #1: FOGO contamination is too high and prevents good quality compost

Scare mongering about FOGO contamination is helping no-one

The goal of creating a Circular Economy is slipping through our fingers
Infrastructure
29 February 2024

The goal of creating a Circular Economy is slipping through our fingers

State and Commonwealth Government action is necessary for the National Waste Action Plan to succeed and achieve the 2030 targets

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