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The Recycled Organics Unit has developed a Guide to Selecting, Developing and Marketing Value-Added Recycled Organics Products. This guide is available to download for free.

The objective of this guide is to support government and industry to accelerate the expansion of and markets for recycled organics products. The expansion of markets for recycled organics products will sustain and potentially increase the diversion of compostable organic materials from landfill.

This guide provides a common language and will support industry and government to work together to formulate and implement a strategic approach to market development, and to assist industry to:

  • Manufacture and sell existing products into existing markets (market penetration);
  • Manufacture and sell existing products into new markets (market development);
  • Develop new products and sell them into existing markets (new product development);
  • Develop new products and sell them into new markets (diversification);
  • Identify existing and emerging markets for recycled organics products;
  • Identify market segments that display potential for recycled organics products, and define technical, economic, regulatory, agronomic and logistical factors that can influence the feasibility of product manufacturing and the potential market for a new recycled organic product;
  • Undertake structured, quality and statistically-sound technical and marketing research to identify market sensitivities and product needs for specific customers and/or markets;
  • Develop a performance specification and a product specification to meet the needs of a particular market;
  • Undertake a batch manufacture and validate the performance of the product; and
  • Undertake a user orientated cost/benefit analysis for the new product to inform the profitable marketing of the product.
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