Australia’s next multibillion-dollar export industry could be based on an unexpected mishmash of sugarcane, wood chips, algae, used cooking oil, animal by-products and construction and demolition debris.

And a Queensland company at the vanguard of production is establishing a biofuels facility – one of three being built in the race to cut emissions from challenging industries.

Wagner Sustainable Fuels, based in Toowoomba, also launched Australia’s first biofuel blending facility on Wednesday, and chief executive Matt Doyle says the nation could seize a big financial and environmental opportunity if it acts quickly.

Sugarcane, of which Queensland has an abundance, is a rich source of fuel. Credit: Peter Braig

“Waste products will be the new oil,” he says. Loading

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