Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority

What Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority does

Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority (FRWA) is a regional waste management authority established in February 2010 under a Charter adopted by its four constituent councils: Alexandrina Council, City of Victor Harbor, District Council of Yankalilla, and Kangaroo Island Council. Operating under a shared services model, FRWA delivers kerbside collection (general waste, recycling, FOGO green organics), operates four waste and recycling depots at Goolwa, Strathalbyn, Yankalilla, and Kingscote (Kangaroo Island), and runs additional services including commercial food waste collection, exceptional circumstances bins for eligible households, event bins, and a retail line of recycled landscape products. Headquartered at the Goolwa site with 40 staff, the authority reported a 59% landfill diversion rate in 2022-23 and is targeting 70% under updated collection schedules.

FRWA's revenue model combines council funding under the shared services mandate with user-pay fees: commercial disposal at $283/tonne for mixed waste, depot drop-off fees ($6 per 140L general waste, $8 per 240L FOGO bin, with no fee on Kangaroo Island due to council subsidy), additional bin services ($12-$34), and retail landscape products. The authority's green organics stream is processed into commercial compost through a strategic partnership with Peats Soil & Garden Supplies, a South Australian organics recycler. Customer education and community engagement are delivered via a website, email newsletter, Facebook presence, free education sessions for residents and schools, and downloadable print resources.

The authority is governed by a board comprising an Independent Chair and representatives from each constituent council, and operates as a regional government entity rather than a privately held company. Recent operational restructuring includes a July 2023 transition to alternating fortnightly kerbside collections across mainland councils and a July 2025 schedule swap for the District Council of Yankalilla to balance truck and driver demand. A material regulatory event occurred when bonded asbestos was identified in a recycled road base stockpile at the Goolwa depot, prompting a public recall covering sales from December 2018 through 31 March 2021.

Name

Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority

Legal name

Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority

Website

https://fleurieuregionalwasteauthority.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority is a regional government entity established in 2010 that provides kerbside waste collection, recycling, FOGO organics, depot operations, and commercial food waste services across the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island under a shared services model with four constituent South Australian councils.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (5621), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Solid Waste & Recycling Services Administration (BPAIACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA), Container Rental, Delivery & Servicing (Carts/Bins) (BPALAAAG), E-waste & Universal Waste Collection/Transfer (Electronics, Lamps, Batteries) (EUAIABAG)

Keywords

• Municipal waste services
• Kerbside collection
• Recycling services
• Waste transfer stations
• FOGO collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Goolwa

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Council-funded Waste Management Services: FRWA operates under a shared services model, providing waste management services on behalf of four constituent councils. Services include kerbside collection, waste transfer station operation, recycling services, and commercial disposal fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority (FRWA) delivers kerbside waste, co-mingled recycling, and FOGO collection services to households and operates four waste transfer stations/depots — at Goolwa, Strathalbyn, Yankalilla, and Kingscote (Kangaroo Island) — across the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island in South Australia on behalf of its four constituent councils.

Product overview

Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority (FRWA) is a regional waste management authority providing a suite of integrated waste and recycling services across the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. The core offering consists of kerbside collection services (general waste, recycling, and FOGO green organics bins), four waste transfer station/recycling depots, and commercial food waste collection. Additional services include Exceptional Circumstances bins for eligible households, event bins, community education sessions, and sale of recycled landscape products (mulch, soil, sand). Digital services include online collection calendars, missed bin reporting, and service request forms. The organization operates as a shared services model on behalf of four constituent councils.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kerbside Collection Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 4% reduction in waste to landfill (360 tonnes diverted)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Peats Soil & Garden SuppliescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeats Soil processes FRWA's green waste into compost. Peats is a second-generation, wholly South Australian company focused on receiving, processing and marketing recyclable organic resources in bulk and bag forms. Their vision is to be a world leader in sustainable and innovative organics recycling. FRWA's FOGO (Food Organics Garden Organics) bin contents are trucked to Peats Soil for commercial composting.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Australia and New Zealand: Major national operator of municipal waste collection, transfer stations, and recycling infrastructure across Australia — overlaps with FRWA across kerbside and MRF services but operates at much broader scale and across multiple geographies.
• Cleanaway Waste Management: Australia's largest listed waste management company, providing municipal solid waste collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal services — competes for council contracts in South Australia and sets the competitive benchmark against which regional authorities like FRWA are evaluated.
• Remondis Australia: Major international waste management group with substantial Australian municipal and commercial waste collection and recycling operations — competes for South Australian council tenders alongside FRWA.
• ResourceCo: Australia-wide resource recovery and organics recycling operator running MRFs and composting facilities — comparable to FRWA on the materials recovery and organics processing dimension of the business.

Direct peers

• Solo Resource Recovery: Australian mid-market waste and recycling operator running kerbside collection, transfer stations, and resource recovery for councils and commercial customers — directly comparable in service mix to FRWA but operating across multiple states.
• East Waste: Regional waste authority for eastern Adelaide council areas in South Australia, operating under the same shared-services model with multiple constituent councils for kerbside collection, transfer stations, and recycling — directly comparable in structure, geography, and service mix to FRWA.
• Southern Region Waste Resource Authority: Another South Australian regional waste authority formed by constituent councils to deliver shared kerbside and transfer-station services; close functional and structural comparator to FRWA's Charter-based operating model.

Regional players

• Jeffries Group: South Australian-based waste, organics, and landscape-products business operating composting and green-waste processing — a regional comparator particularly relevant to FRWA's FOGO-to-compost value chain anchored on Peats Soil.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FleurieuRegionalWaste

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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