What Convertus does

Convertus is a privately held Canadian organic waste treatment company headquartered in London, Ontario, formed in 2019 when Convent Capital (a Dutch long-term investor) merged Renewi Canada, Circular Waste British Columbia, and Waste Treatment Technologies (WTT). The company operates an integrated design-build-operate-service model for organic waste treatment facilities, deploying anaerobic digestion, tunnel composting, and biodrying technologies. Convertus serves municipal governments across Canada and increasingly the United States through long-term service agreements (typically 20+ years), with additional customers in the commercial and agricultural sectors. Its facilities process source-separated organic waste into compost (Peak, Peak+), EcoPearl fertilizer pellets, renewable natural gas (RNG), and, at the upcoming York Region flagship facility, food-grade liquefied CO2.

The company's technology stack includes proprietary modules such as the Heat Harvest thermal recovery system, advanced multi-stage odour abatement (reducing complaints by 92-93% at the London facility), anaerobic digestion with RNG production, and 24/7 SCADA/PLC remote monitoring. Convertus holds notable certifications including LEED Gold and Envision Platinum for the Surrey Biofuel Facility, alongside CQA Class A Compost and STA certifications for its product lines. Through its WTT subsidiary, the company has built 115+ facilities worldwide and now operates 13+ facilities across Canada (London, Hamilton, Guelph, Ottawa, Calgary, Lethbridge, Surrey, Nanaimo, Halifax, Mauricie QC, York Region) and the US (Manassas VA), with annual processing capacity of approximately 300,000 tonnes of organic waste.

Convertus generates revenue through multiple streams: negotiated gate fees under municipal processing contracts (managed services), product sales of compost and fertilizer (transaction fees), RNG/biomethane sales, food-grade CO2 sales at the new York Region facility, and a global technical service division supporting 50+ third-party facilities worldwide. The company is owned by Convent Capital and has pursued a consistent M&A strategy, acquiring Envirem Organics (2022), a Virginia composting facility (2024), and AIM Group of Companies (2025), which added five additional operating sites. Its most significant capital deployment is the $135M CAD York Region biofuel facility under construction with commercial operations targeted for early 2027.

Name

Convertus

Legal name

Convertus Canada, Ltd.

Website

https://convertusgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Convertus is a Canadian organic waste treatment company that designs, builds, operates, and services facilities converting municipal and commercial organic waste into compost, renewable natural gas, fertilizer, and food-grade CO2, serving municipalities and businesses across Canada and the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Compost Manufacturing (325315), Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Organics Facility Development & Operations Services (Design/Build, O&M, Permitting) (EUAIAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Compost & Soil Amendment Product Manufacturing/Blending (Value-Added Organics) (BPALAEAH), Organics Collection & Processing (Composting/Anaerobic Digestion) (IMAIAFAF)

Keywords

• Organic waste management
• Anaerobic digestion services
• Municipal waste processing
• Renewable natural gas production
• Compost manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Municipal Organic Waste Processing Contracts: Convertus generates revenue primarily through long-term service agreements with municipalities for organic waste processing. These contracts typically span 20+ years and involve processing green bin waste, leaf and yard waste, and commercial organic waste into compost, RNG, and fertilizer products.
2. Compost and Fertilizer Product Sales: Sale of end products including Peak Compost, Peak+ Compost, EcoPearl Pellets, and other soil amendments. Products are sold to agricultural sectors, landscaping companies, and retail consumers. Revenue from selling approximately 85,000 tonnes of compost annually.
3. RNG/ Biomethane Sales: Production and sale of renewable natural gas (RNG) generated from anaerobic digestion. The Surrey Biofuel facility produces enough RNG to fuel the city of Surrey's waste collection vehicles. York Region facility will produce 350,000-400,000 gigajoules of biomethane annually.
4. Technical Service and Support: Service division provides plant audits, remote monitoring, process optimization, training, spare parts, and 24/7 emergency support to organic waste facilities worldwide. Services range from single annual inspections to daily tilling and 24/7 remote support.
5. Food-Grade CO2 Sales: York Region flagship facility will produce food-grade liquefied carbon dioxide as a co-product alongside RNG and fertilizer, representing a new revenue stream from carbon capture integration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Convertus partners with municipalities and commercial customers to design, build, operate, and service organic waste treatment facilities, processing green bin, leaf and yard, and source-separated organics into compost, renewable natural gas (RNG), fertilizer, and food-grade CO2. The company also sells branded compost and bio-product lines (Peak, Peak+, EcoPearl, Greenhouse Gold, Nutri-Wave) and provides global technical service, remote monitoring, and spare-parts support to 50+ third-party organic waste facilities.

Product overview

Convertus is a full-service provider for organic waste treatment offering a platform-plus-services model. The core offering includes design, build, operate, and service capabilities for organic waste treatment facilities. The product portfolio includes established compost and fertilizer brands: Peak & Peak+ Compost (from Calgary operations), EcoPearl Pellets (nutrient-rich biosolids fertilizer), and sub-brands from Envirem Organics (Greenhouse Gold, Nutri-Wave). Technology offerings include Heat Harvest (thermal energy recovery), Mobile Composting Units, Virtual Reality Tools for facility visualization, and odour abatement systems. The company operates facilities across North America processing municipal and commercial organic waste into renewable natural gas, compost, and fertilizer products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Peak & Peak+ Compost High-quality Class A compost made from source-separated organics (Peak from Calgary green bins and leaf/yard trimmings; Peak+ additionally incorporating municipal dewatered biosolids). CQA certified and unrestricted, designed for agriculture, landscaping, and soil/plant health applications. Distributed within 100km of Calgary.
• EcoPearl Pellets Nutrient-rich biosolids fertilizer pellets produced through heat drying and pelletization. Contains approximately 4% nitrogen, 6% phosphorus, and micronutrients (calcium, iron, magnesium, copper, zinc). Over 90% dry product suitable for agriculture, landscaping, and nurseries in Ontario. Supports organic farming practices by reducing reliance on chemical fertilizers.
• Greenhouse Gold All-natural line of bark mulches, composts, soilless mixes, soil amendments, and organic fertilizers designed for environmentally conscious consumers focused on sustainable food growing.
• Nutri-Wave Organic fertilizer approved for organic use, made from dried and pasteurized poultry manure that is screened and formed for even application. Designed for the growing organic market.
• Premium STA Certified Compost, Topsoil & Mulch Premium compost, topsoil, and mulch products produced at Convertus' Manassas, Virginia facility. STA (Stabilized Treated Organic Material) certified. Available for bulk pickup in Virginia, USA.
• Design + Build Services Advanced technology and specialized engineering services to design and build cutting-edge organic waste treatment facilities for municipalities and communities. Includes odour abatement, composting and biodrying, Heat Harvest thermal energy recovery, and anaerobic digestion and biogas solutions.
• Service & Maintenance Technical support for organic waste management solutions including 24/7 helpdesk and emergency support (PLC and SCADA specialists), plant audits and inspections, remote monitoring reports, process optimization, training, and spare parts. Engagement ranges from single annual inspections to daily tilling and 24/7 remote support.
• Mobile Composting Units Flexible, cost-effective mobile composting units enabling remote communities to process organic waste locally without permanent infrastructure investment. Includes donated units for First Nations composting projects.
• Mobile dryAD (Transportable Biogas Plant) Transportable Biogas Plant (TBP) launched by WTT, a subsidiary of Convertus Group. Decentralized mobile biogas solution enabling organic waste processing and renewable energy production outside of permanent facilities.
• Heat Harvest Thermal Energy Recovery State-of-the-art proprietary technology that captures valuable thermal energy from organic waste processing and repurposes it as renewable energy, helping facilities lower energy consumption. Deployable as a technology module within Convertus-built facilities.

Named customers19 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor, supporting, regional, core and subsidiary.

• Hawai'i Department of TransportationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 August 2026Convertus mentioned in context of biogas organizations supporting Hawai'i's clean fuel standard legislation. Further details to be finalized by HDOT.
• Greenhouse AcademyminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 3 June 2021Sponsored GreenKit Program for Youth which promotes environmental education and introduces students to green industry careers.
• University of British Columbia (UBC)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 January 2021Research partnership for sustainability initiatives including biogas production and odour characterization studies. UBC researchers discovered microbes at Surrey facility. Students produce video content about Convertus facilities.
• Green Economy LondonregionalGTM or Marketing Partner · 3 July 2020Environmental organization partnership for community sustainability initiatives. Convertus participates in Workplace Green Up program and works toward Platinum Level Environmental Stewardship targets.
• London Environmental NetworkregionalGTM or Marketing Partner · 3 July 2020Partnership for community environmental initiatives including neighbourhood clean-ups and the Green Game with London Majors baseball team.
• Chippewas of the Thames First NationregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 July 2020Donated composting unit and backyard composters to support the First Nation community's composting program and food sovereignty goals. Project diverts 9 tonnes of organic waste from landfill.
• Circular Waste British ColumbiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Merged with Renewi Canada and WTT in 2019 to form Convertus Group. Operates Nanaimo facility processing organic waste for Regional District of Nanaimo.
• Waste Treatment Technologies (WTT)coreTechnology or IntegrationWTT is a Dutch-based engineering firm and subsidiary of Convertus Group that has designed and built over 100 organic waste treatment facilities worldwide. Partnership gives Convertus unique ability to design, build, operate and service facilities end-to-end.
• ÉnergèreregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading energy services company (ESCo) in Quebec for more than 25 years. Partnership for the Mauricie, Quebec facility development and expansion.
• Envirem OrganicssubsidiaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental company specializing in organic bio-products. Acquired by Convent Capital in partnership with Convertus. Produces branded products including Greenhouse Gold, Nutri-Wave, and EcoPearl through Convertus facilities.
• ReForest LondonregionalGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual partnership for tree giveaway events supporting The Million Tree Challenge. Convertus sponsors and hosts neighbourhood tree depots.
• Western UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research on sustainability and green energy. Co-op program with students from Western's related programs.
• Fanshawe CollegesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperations Management students tour facilities. Co-op program with students hired in green industry roles.
• Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for hiring and training graduates in green energy field.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Republic Services: Republic Services provides municipal and commercial organics collection, processing, composting, and renewable-energy solutions. It overlaps with Convertus across the organics value chain, but operates at a much larger national scale.
• GFL Environmental: GFL Environmental is a diversified North American environmental services company involved in solid waste, organics, composting, and processing. Its municipal customer base and waste logistics are directly comparable, although its portfolio is substantially broader.
• SUEZ: SUEZ is a global environmental services company involved in waste collection, organics recovery, treatment, composting, and biogas. Its facility operations and circular-economy focus are comparable to Convertus, though its activities extend across a much wider range of environmental services.
• Veolia: Veolia operates globally in waste treatment, composting, anaerobic digestion, and energy recovery. It shares Convertus's public-sector customer base and organics-to-resources technology, but on a much broader global platform.
• Casella Waste Systems: Casella provides resource-management, organics-recycling, composting, and related services to municipal and commercial customers. It overlaps with Convertus in organic feedstock handling and value-added compost products, but at a broader scale.
• Waste Management: Waste Management is a large waste and environmental services provider with organics processing, composting, and renewable-energy capabilities. It serves similar municipal and commercial customers but offers a broader nationwide service portfolio.

Regional players

• Renewi: Renewi is a European circular-economy waste company with organic-waste recycling and resource-recovery activities. It is comparable in organics processing, technology integration, and end-product orientation, but primarily serves a different geography.

Direct peers

• Bioenergy DevCo: Bioenergy DevCo develops anaerobic-digestion facilities that convert organic waste into renewable natural gas and nutrient products. Its project-development and organics-to-RNG model closely overlaps with Convertus's York expansion and design-build capabilities.
• Anaergia: Anaergia designs and builds anaerobic digestion, organics-processing, and renewable-natural-gas systems for organic waste. It directly matches Convertus's facility-development, AD technology, and municipal feedstock focus.
• Walker Industries: Walker Industries is a Canadian environmental services operator with organics processing, composting, and renewable-energy activities. Its domestic footprint and end-to-end environmental operations make it highly comparable to Convertus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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