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Coast-to-coast organics
First published Waste Management Review // June 2025
In this article, Waste Management Review reports on REMONDIS Australia’s acquisition of GO Organics, a major expansion of organics capabilities in WA
In addition, REMONDIS is investing in organics facilities in QLD and NSW, ensuring FOGO service readiness
REMONDIS advocates for FOGO mandates and legislative support for biogas investment to unlock the full potential of organic waste recycling in Australia
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Having led the way with organic waste management internationally for many years, locally REMONDIS Australia is shifting up several gears – including a significant acquisition in Western Australia.
On 1 May, REMONDIS acquired a controlling interest in JD Organics Pty Ltd (trading as GO Organics), which operates a vast organics processing facility at Boonanarring 110 kilometres north of Perth. To be rebranded REMONDIS GO Organics, the operation is well known for processing food, garden and organic liquid wastes through composting processes and supplying composted products to retail and commercial markets, local government and farmers.
GO Organics’ founder and widely recognised organics management leader Donovan Farrell retains a minor shareholding, and the expertise of Donovan and his team will be relied on as REMONDIS enacts an expansion plan.
“REMONDIS GO Organics is as blue-chip as it gets in terms of waste management investment and an ideal stake in the ground in the west,” says REMONDIS Australia CEO Björn Becker.
“The acquisition gives us control of the full organics value chain including collection logistics, processing, compost production and sale.
“Given that REMONDIS operates close to one hundred organics waste management facilities internationally, we see enormous opportunity to add our global expertise so processing capacity can be supercharged. Here in Western Australia, we’re planning on doubling capacity to about 124,000 tonnes annually in the not-too-distant future.
“Most importantly we’ll be ready for any rollouts of municipal FOGO (food and garden organics) and commercial FO (food organics) recycling in the wider Perth region,” Mr Becker said.
Donovan Farrell said it would be business as usual for existing customers as operations expand.
“Being a family-run business for so many years has enabled us to maintain customer rapport and been the backbone of our success,” Mr Farrell said.
“Our continued shareholding means that family touch will continue as we tap into the know-how of one of the world’s most prominent and innovative waste management operators.
“Bigger investment in equipment and systems is front and centre as we commence the next legs of our journey with REMONDIS, meaning better service and cost efficiency for customers old and new. It’s also highly likely we’ll be investing in more staff as we grow.
“The hands down winner though is the environment. We’re talking about a lot of organic waste being diverted from landfill and converted to valuable resources.”
Coast-to-coast organics
REMONDIS is investing in new and established organics facilities on the east coast, too.
In South East Queensland REMONDIS is developing a bespoke enclosed tunnel composting facility capable of handling green waste and FOGO from multiple local government areas.
In New South Wales REMONDIS has ticked every box, upgrading its Organics Resource Recovery Facility at Awaba near Lake Macquarie, which produces compost and mulch for gardening and farming. A two-year works program was required to keep up with demand and has included partial enclosure of the receival hall, installation of a front-end decontamination line, upgrades to maturation and storage pads and integration of advanced sorting equipment – assuring next-level environmental compliance, efficiency and compost products.
Established more than 20 years ago, REMONDIS’ Organics Resource Recovery Facility at Port Macquarie was Australia’s first enclosed in-vessel composting facility. The facility now receives some 40,000 tonnes of organics annually; about half is broken down through the composting process while the other half is sold as compost.
Upgrades are also underway at REMONDIS’ Seven Hills waste transfer station in the heart of suburban Sydney, paving the way for the site to receive FOGO – a critical piece of waste management infrastructure in support of NSW’s commercial organics mandate, which comes into effect from 1 July 2025.
Organics investment needs legislative support
Mr Becker says there remain concerning realities when it comes to organic waste in Australia.
“Everyone from business and government through to residential households wants less landfill and more recycling, and advanced organics management is critical to that,” Mr Becker said.
“Australia is moving in the right direction, but not as effectively as many other countries. Far too much organic waste is still going to landfill because the population lacks access to FOGO services.
“In 2022–23 Australia generated 14.6 million tonnes of organic waste, yet only 62 percent was recovered, primarily because large portions of the population still lack access to FOGO services, resulting in organic waste being landfilled.
“On a highly positive note, New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland are moving towards mandated commercial collections – which are tremendous steps forward.
“Companies such as REMONDIS can only build processing facilities if we’re certain of input, which is usually underpinned through local government contracts. From there it’s up to households and businesses to ensure organic waste is put in the right collection bins or delivered to our sites clean and uncontaminated,” said Mr Becker.
Mr Becker cited organics-to-fuel conversion as a missing link in Australia’s waste management landscape.
“REMONDIS operates 22 biogas conversion facilities across Europe that generate enormous amounts of biogas and bio methane from organic waste, which can be used for things such as electricity production and truck fuel.
“We’d like to advance such facilities in Australia, but local regulatory frameworks simply aren’t ready to accommodate such technology.”
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More information on REMONDIS GO Organics can be found at www.goorganics.com.au.
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