From Paddock to Purpose: A Landmark Season for Oreco Group

Turning cane trash into something that truly matters

This season has marked a defining moment for Oreco Group, not only in scale, but in purpose.

Across Queensland’s cane growing regions, thousands of tonnes of sugar cane trash that would traditionally be burned in paddocks has instead been carefully harvested, baled and redirected into gardens, farms and landscapes across Australia.

What was once considered waste has become a valuable soil-building resource - and this year, we did it at a scale we’ve never achieved before.

A Record-Breaking Harvest

During the most recent season alone, Oreco Group harvested and baled over 40,000 bales of sugar cane trash - making it the largest season in the company’s history.

Behind each bale is a coordinated effort between growers, harvesting teams, transport operators and our own production staff, working long hours to capture and redirect material that would otherwise be burned.

This isn’t simply about volume. It’s about creating better outcomes - for growers, gardeners, landscapes and the environment.

Reducing Carbon at the Source

Open-field burning of cane trash releases significant greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. By intercepting this material before burning occurs, Oreco Group is actively preventing those emissions from ever being released.

Based on conservative emissions modelling, this season’s harvest alone has prevented the release of over 32,120 tonnes of CO₂-equivalent emissions - the environmental equivalent of taking nearly 6,938 passenger vehicles off Australian roads for an entire year.

It is climate action that begins in the paddock - not on paper.

Circular Economy in Action

Baling cane trash is more than a harvesting process, it is a working circular economy model.

The material captured is processed into garden mulches, soil conditioners and agricultural blends that:

• Improve soil structure

• Increase organic matter

• Support moisture retention

• Reduce erosion

• Return carbon to soil systems

The same material that once left paddocks as smoke is now returning to soil systems as long-term value.

This is sustainability that can be seen, measured and used.

Looking Ahead

This season represents a foundation, not a finish line.

Oreco Group continues to invest in equipment, logistics and supply partnerships to expand our capacity, improve efficiency and further reduce environmental impact across our product range.

We’re proud of what has been achieved and even more excited about what’s ahead.

Because building better products begins with building better systems.

From the source, to the soil, to the future.