Is Composting the Only Option for FOGO? New technologies driving economic value [Webinar]

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The recovery of co-collected food and garden organics (FOGO) is becoming a widespread trend across Australia, gaining significant momentum with the public and councils.

To meet this demand, the recycled organics sector and the composting industry have grown exponentially, with organics recycling increasing from 5.15 million tonnes in 2006/07 to almost 7 million tonnes in 2018/19. Despite this shift, by weight, up to halfof the average red bin disposed to landfill is still food and garden organics.

To help drive improvements in recycling rates for municipal and commercial / industrial wastes, recovery of FOGO is considered critical. By 2030, the NSW State Government will implement compulsory FOGO collections by all councils, with other states and territories following suit by rapidly employing various FOGO collection and recycling programs.

As FOGO implementation escalates across the nation, the AIEN sets out to explore opportunities and technologies beyond the well demonstrated options of windrow and in-vessel composting.

Through a number of seminars and webinars, the AIEN will demonstrate various innovative technologies that are deployed world-wide to derive more economic value from the nutrients and organic matter recovered from FOGO, assisting the councils and industry expand the range of infrastructure opportunities to support the sustainable and cost-effective diversion of organics from landfill.

This introductory webinar will serve as an overview of various topics, technologies and issues facing the industry and councils in implementing a successful FOGO program and will serve as a springboard for future events.

Attendee feedback will guide the AIEN in shaping and developing subsequent content specific to the industry and councils’ needs and interests, which will then be presented in future webinars in the series.

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