Wanu Organics is a composting and organics recycling consulting firm based in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, led by Jorge Montezuma, PE. Wanu works with municipalities, private operators, and investors across the Triangle, statewide, and throughout the Southeast — backed by composting project experience across the country.
Rooted in North Carolina
North Carolina has one of the more active organics recycling communities in the Southeast, and Wanu is part of it. Jorge has written for BioCycle on organics recycling and food recovery in North Carolina, presented composting operations training in Raleigh through the Compost Research & Education Foundation (CREF) and the North Carolina Composting Council (NCCC), and previously worked at NC DEQ. That local grounding means Wanu understands both the regulatory setting and the community of operators, haulers, and agencies working on organics here.
Serving the Triangle and the Southeast
Being based in the Triangle makes it practical to visit sites across the region — the reality is that good composting consulting depends on actually walking the pad. Wanu serves clients across the Raleigh-Durham area and North Carolina, and regularly takes on work throughout the Southeast. At the same time, the experience behind each project is national: more than 120 site visits and involvement in over 60 composting projects across the country inform the work done close to home.
What Wanu does for North Carolina clients
- Facility design — site layout, pad design, process flow, and equipment for new and expanding operations.
- Feasibility consulting — feedstock and market assessment, pro formas, and regulatory pathway for municipal and private projects.
- Technical due diligence — independent review of composting operations before an investment or acquisition.
- Operator training — in-person or virtual training for operators, engineers, and managers.
Composting in North Carolina
North Carolina has a growing organics recycling sector — from municipal yard-waste and food-waste programs to private operators serving the state's food processors, farms, and universities. Diverting that material from the landfill takes infrastructure that is permitted, well designed, and run by people who know what they're doing, and that's exactly where Wanu works. Jorge's writing for BioCycle on organics recycling and food recovery in North Carolina reflects years of paying close attention to how the state's system is developing and where the gaps are.
Because organics rules and markets are regional, a consultant who understands the North Carolina context — the regulatory setting, the feedstock sources, and the operators already in the field — can move a project forward faster than someone learning the landscape from scratch. Wanu brings that local familiarity together with national project experience.
A licensed engineer who knows the ground
Jorge is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in North Carolina and several other states, with 15 years of experience across the public and private sectors. Before founding Wanu, he led the engineering team at Atlas Organics, overseeing design, permitting, compliance, and technical services for 13 composting operations across 7 states. For a North Carolina municipality, operator, or investor, that combination — local presence plus a national track record — is hard to find in one consultant.
Work with a North Carolina composting consultant
Whether you're a city weighing whether to build, an operator trying to get more out of an existing site, or an investor sizing up a deal in the region, Wanu can help. Start with the free Compost Project Assessment, or reach out through the contact page to talk through your project.