About the REA Organics Forum

The forum is comprised of over 250 members, including operators (composting and anaerobic digestion sites), service providers, consultants and companies recycling organics to land.

The Organics forum deals with a diverse set of issues but always works to ensure that our Organics members are able to lead the way in creating a sustainable and circular economy. Consultation responses play a crucial role and feedback from members helps to inform a collaborating and constructive response.

Please see the Annual Summary of our activities for 2024 here.

Check out a snapshot of what we’ve done on behalf of our members in Q1 of 2025 here

For further information about the Organics forum activities or joining, please contact Jenny, Emily or Megan.

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Key work streams include:

• Quality assurance and end of waste status for composts and digestates
• Quality of biowaste feedstocks
• Plant operations and environmental emissions
• Use of composts and digestates and derived products on land
• Compostable packaging and non-packaging products
• Optimising business opportunities for members by networking between then, with Government and other trade associations

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Governance of the Forum

The REA Organics forum has an elected chair and steering group.

Chair: Graeme Kennett – Principal Consultant, Mabbett & Associates Ltd.

Steering Group members:

• Ben Brown – Director, WRM
• Declan Barlow – Biosolids and Trade Waste Lead, Severn Trent
• Ged Denny – Technical Director, Allium Energy
• Georgia  Budden – Business Development Strategic Manager, Envar
• Iain Cameron – Operations Manager, Enva
• James O’Mahoney-Magee – Organics Manager, Biocaptial Ltd
• Justin Dampney – COO, Eco Sustainable Solutions
• Kristy Blakeborough – Process Outputs Manager, Severn Trent Green Power
• Malcolm Marshall – General Manager – Compost, Veolia
• Paul Britt – Environmental Compliance Manager, Future Biogas
• Robert Benford – Partner, G K Benford & Co
• Stuart Hayward-Higham – Chief Technical Development & Innovation Officer, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK.

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Member and External Engagement

The REA Organics forum hosts four meetings per year, sometimes overlapping with the Green Gas Forum meetings. Additional topic-specific meetings are held when required. The Organics Steering Group also meets four times a year.

The REA Organics Forum  communicates as needed via the Organics Newsletter and website updates, in addition to a biannual Organics & Biogas Magazine. Communications highlight key policy developments for our members, success stories from our members, and opportunities for engagement and business development.

The REA Organics’ Scottish branch engages with members and stakeholders who are interested in or affected by policies, regulations and other issues that are relevant in Scotland.

REA Organics has working groups on Digestate and Soil Carbon. We also work on compostables in various different areas, including working with the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) and sitting on the European and BSI committees reviewing standards for compostable items.