Tumut Waste Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay $520,000 in fines and legal costs by the Land and Environment Court, following prosecution by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for emitting offensive
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Registrations open for AORA conference
Registrations are now open for the 2026 Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA) Annual Conference.
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Transforming waste recovery at Bin City
In the fast-paced world of waste management, innovation isn’t just an advantage, it’s essential. In New South Wales, where local councils and communities are demanding greater transparency and higher recycling standards, forward-thinking operators are leading the charge toward smarter, safer and more sustainable waste recovery. One such operator is Bin City, a skip-hire and recycling company serving the Illawarra, Southern Highlands and South Coast regions.
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To knot or not to knot
The rollout of FOGO (Food Organics Garden Organics) around the country is not without challenges and concern, especially from the perspective of the Australian Organics Recycling Industry (AORA). Key to these concerns from the industry is the potential for greater levels of contamination that comes with the introduction of food organics. Historically, garden organics has been a relatively clean feedstock stream and has posed only relatively minor concern in relation to contamination. There is still contamination concerns from garden organics from plastics (e.g., potting mix bags, plastic plant pots) and other unwanted waste materials. While unwelcome, these have proven relatively easy to manage (but shouldn’t be present nonetheless).
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Remondis hit with penalties over odour issues
Remondis Australia has been fined by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) $42,000 for two offences in response to persistent odour issues at its Lake Macquarie Organics Resource Recovery
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Hospitals and aged care can lead food waste reform
New research has found institutional meal systems hold power to transform food service practices and cut food waste at scale. Hospitals and aged care facilities are responsible for
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ABA – certified compostables in the Circular Economy
With growing environmental challenges, pressures on landfill and the urgent need for more sustainable packaging solutions, certified compostable materials have a key role in the transition to a circular economy.
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Using AI to address FOGO contamination
Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be harnessed to conduct bin audits and reduce FOGO (food organic, garden organic) contamination rates as councils around the country continue to roll out three- and four-bin
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Ennovo – why the forced-aeration system is a game changer in organics
Finding the right markets for recycled organic products has always been an issue and is something that the resource recovery industry needs to pay more attention to, according to Dr Ben Dearman from Ennovo.
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AORA – taking on one contaminant at a time
There’s an old adage that the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. I cannot help but think that this has correlation to organics recycling and contamination – is it time to solve contamination, one contaminant at a time? Do we need to start focusing attention and action on specific contamination problem areas, providing focus and attention to specific items instead of broadly speaking of contamination as a wide-ranging issue and hoping that will help solve the myriads of issues?
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