Waste & recycling outlets in New Zealand

Australia/New Zealand arm of the global Veolia environmental services group, providing food organics and garden organics (FOGO) collection and processing. It uses in-vessel composting and forced-aeration to make compost and soil conditioners, and runs anaerobic digestion converting commercial food waste to electricity.

Castlegate James Australasia upcycles food and beverage manufacturing by-products, out-of-spec and grade-out material (bread, biscuits, dough, vegetables, fruit, brewers' grains, dairy powders and confectionery) into nutritionally balanced livestock feed for the dairy, cattle and sheep markets. It runs accredited production sites across Australia and New Zealand.

Food Recycle uses a patented multi-step process (collection, heat-treatment kill step, storage, mixing and packing) to convert commercial food waste into high-performance animal feeds for pigs, poultry and aquaculture. It operates in the Australia and New Zealand region and licenses its technology internationally.

Commercial waste and recycling company that collects food waste and organic materials from businesses and turns them into nutrient-rich compost. It also handles cardboard, paper, plastic, glass and e-waste recycling, and offers waste audits and sustainability consulting.

Collects pre-consumer surplus and waste food from food manufacturers, importers and supermarkets and processes it into animal stock feed. Also offers secure product destruction (product stewardship) and in-situ worm composting systems.

Wellington-based commercial-only food waste collection service that collects organic waste from restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets and sends it to compost facilities instead of landfill. Provides 120L and 240L wheelie bins with daily to weekly collection.

National food rescue and redistribution organisation that receives bulk surplus food from producers and businesses and distributes it through centralised distribution centres and a network of food hubs to communities facing food insecurity.

Food rescue organisation that collects good surplus food from suppliers before it is wasted and redistributes it to charities and communities in need across New Zealand.

Greater Wellington food rescue organisation that collects surplus food from businesses and redistributes it via community partners to people in need. Also runs a Second Harvest project rescuing farm produce that would not reach market.

Australian subsidiary of the global REMONDIS Group providing commercial food organics collection and processing. It uses sealed tunnel composting to turn food and garden waste into compost, mulch and fertiliser for parks, agriculture and gardens.