Organic waste to organic riches.
BioRich Limited is an organic waste recycling company. It's main activity is capturing organic material that would otherwise be wasted, or cause pollution, and turning it into rich compost. Where it is practical to do so it also seeks to extract stock food and energy from organic material that would otherwise be wasted.
Welcome to BioRich
Every year, throughout New Zealand, many thousands of tonnes of organic "waste" is dumped into landfills or is inappropiately discharged to land. Once dumped much of this material breaks down in an uncontrolled manner and releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and pollutants into our waterways.
Meanwhile most of New Zealand's cultivated soils have been steadily deteriorating. This is due to both to a decline in soil organic matter and a depletion of minerals and nutrients.
Hence BioRich's mission is to divert organic matter (carbon) from ending up in places where it can do a lot of harm- in our atmosphere and water, and putting it somewhere it can do a lot of good - in our soils.
| BioRich Ltd was founded in 2004 by Mike Glazebrook. Prior to producing compost commercially Mike had been making compost for 10 years to support his large scale organic vegetable enterprise. Mike is also a past chairman of Landwise Hawkes Bay, an organisation he helped set up to research and promote sustainable farming practices. |
| Our CompostBioRich currently produces compost on two sites. One is situated 15 minutes southwest of Hastings, and another at Awatoto, Napier. Please refer to "Our Compost" page to see more details on BioRich's organically certified compost. |
Waste Management Solutions
Biorich works with companies and city councils to help ensure that their organic waste streams are handled in an effective and environmentally sound manner. BioRich’s solutions include; stock food, composting, vermiculture, bio-digesters, and the safe discharge of waste water to land. For more details please refer to Waste Solutions.
Environmental Award
A committee representing the Napier and Hastings City Councils, and the Hawkes Bay Regional Council, recognised BioRich by awarding it the 2005 Hawkes Bay Environmental Award for Business.
