North Island
Reporoa Organics Processing Facility
New Zealand's first large-scale food waste-to-bioenergy facility at Reporoa, in the central North Island, is operational!
The flagship facility turns 75,000 tonnes of organic waste, from businesses and kerbside food scrap collections throughout the North Island, into sustainable, renewable energy products.
The facility uses anaerobic digestion - a technology already used successfully overseas - to create renewable energy (electricity, heat and biogas) as well as fertify Regenerative Fertiliser. fertify is applied to farmland around the district as a renewable alternative, closing the food and energy loop by returning nutrients from our food back into our soils.
In partnership with Clarus (formerly FirstGas), we’ve added a gas upgrading plant, enabling the injection of renewable gas directly into the national gas grid—supporting lower-emissions energy across Aotearoa.
Papakura Sorting Consolidation Facility
The Papakura Sorting and Consolidating Facility acts as the central collection point for all of the organic kerbside collections for Auckland City.
Once received from the kerbside collection trucks, the organic matter will be separated from any stray inorganic material like plastic and metal and consolidated into larger trucks to be transported to the Reporoa Organics Processing Facility on their backhaul trip.
Auckland Council Rukenga Kai food scrap collections
Ecogas is proud to be serving Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Council, transforming residential food scraps into renewable energy and fertiliser.
Follow the food scraps journey
Ecogas works closely with Auckland Council to ensure that their kerbside collections are transformed into the best possible products. Watch the video to track the process from end-to-end.