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Hongao New Technology Australia Pty Ltd  ·  Queensland

Waste to Wealth
Nature to Future

Pioneering resource recovery, biomass engineering and clean energy solutions across Queensland — turning recovered materials and invasive species into rail infrastructure, bio-materials, fibres and soil health.

UniSC Academic R&D Partner 30+ Years Industrial Experience Queensland Based
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Rail Sleepers Bio-Bricks Bio-Fertiliser Eco-Textiles Resource Recovery CIRCULAR BY DESIGN End-of-Life Tyres & Recovered Plastics Bagasse · Straw & Shell Powder Seaweed & Marine Biomass Streams Invasive Species Cane Toad · COTS · Carp
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Years Industrial & Project Development Experience
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Current Active UniSC Joint R&D & Scholarship Commitments
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Technology Verticals Across Biomass, Rail & Clean Energy
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Circular by Design — Every Feedstock Recovered or Invasive

About Us

Where mature manufacturing meets Australian land stewardship

ToadCo is the public-facing brand of Hongao New Technology Australia Pty Ltd — a Queensland-based circular economy venture led by founder Leo Uluru, drawing on more than three decades of industrial and project development experience.

Our core philosophy is a bridge: we bring mature, proven Asian manufacturing technology to Australia, apply it to Australian natural resource management challenges, and validate every product with university-backed research through our deep collaboration with the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC).

From end-of-life tyres on sugarcane rail lines to invasive species in Reef catchments, we convert environmental liabilities into infrastructure, materials, energy and jobs.

HongAoCo logo

ToadCo and HongAoCo are trading brands of Hongao New Technology Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 99 638 849 359).

Leo Uluru, Founder and Managing Director of ToadCo, giving a thumbs up
Leo Uluru Founder & Managing Director · 30 years industrial & project development

Every problem we touch — a discarded tyre, a cane toad, a weed-choked waterway — is a resource in the wrong place. Our job is to put it back to work for the land and its people.

Resource Recovery Clean Energy Queensland

Proven Manufacturing

Mature processing technology, de-risked and production-ready.

Australian Resources

Local feedstocks, waste streams and land restoration needs.

University Validation

Independent R&D and testing with UniSC research teams.

Core Technologies

Five verticals, one circular system

Five interlocking technology platforms — each turning a recovered or invasive stream into high-value products for infrastructure, industry, care and land.

Hydraulic press moulding a recycled rubber-plastic composite railway sleeper — process visualisation Composite sleeper pressing — process visualisation
VERTICAL 01

Sugarcane Rail Sleepers & Solar Rail Corridors

Rubber-composite sleepers engineered from end-of-life tyres, recovered plastics and reclaimed timber for Queensland's cane railways and transport networks.

  • Durable, rot-proof, termite-resistant for wet-tropics duty
  • Solar PV + storage along rail corridors; electric haulage
  • UniSC joint R&D — co-supervised by Dr Charith Rathnayaka
  • Corridor concept: PV railway + shared EV charging (featured below)
Recycled RubberrPlasticsSolar Corridor
Hot press moulding a fibre bio-brick from plant fibres and binders — concept visualisation Pressed fibre bio-bricks moving along the production conveyor — concept visualisation Fibre bio-brick pressing & production line — concept visualisation
VERTICAL 02

Hot-Pressed Bio-Bricks & Land Reclamation

Land-reclamation materials built from recovered organic streams — bio-bricks hot-pressed from kitchen-waste fertiliser, seaweed binders, bagasse & straw biochar, and bagasse, banana & pineapple fibres blended with recovered textile & wool fibres — plus seed-loaded revegetation blankets for mines and erosion control.

  • Kitchen-waste fertiliser & seaweed binder matrix; bagasse & straw biochar
  • Fibre blend: bagasse, banana & pineapple + recovered textile & wool fibres
  • Mine backfill, batter and waterway bank stabilisation
  • Mechanical & environmental testing under UniSC RUIC
BagasseAlginate BinderErosion Control
Bagasse pulp production line — sugarcane residue processed into fibre for paper and packaging Bagasse pulp production line
VERTICAL 03

Biomass Pulp, Fibres & Eco-Textiles

Plant fibres from sugarcane bagasse, seaweed, banana stems and pineapple leaves — refined into pulp, moulded packaging and antibacterial nonwovens for care and medical use.

  • Paper pulp and fibre-moulded sustainable packaging
  • Everyday care: sanitary products and daily underwear
  • Medical dressings: haemostatic bandages, wound care
Bagasse FibreNonwovensMedical Grade
Enzymatic hydrolysis tank processing recovered organic feedstock into liquid products — concept visualisation Enzymatic hydrolysis of recovered feedstock — concept visualisation
VERTICAL 04

Mobile Enzymatic Hydrolysis & Soil Health

A containerised mobile unit converts invasive carp, seaweed and organic waste streams into high-activity liquid bio-fertiliser — processed on-site, returned to the land.

  • On-farm processing — minimal haulage, minimal emissions
  • Enzymatic hydrolysis preserves bio-activity
  • Closes the loop: waterway pest → soil nutrition → crops
Mobile UnitLiquid Bio-FertiliserCircular Agriculture
Cane toad close-up — the invasive-species resource behind ToadCo's bioactive peptide R&D (illustrative visual) Cane toad R&D resource — illustrative visual
VERTICAL 05

Bioactive Peptides & Advanced Materials

Ethical harvest and high-value recovery from invasive species — cane toads and crown-of-thorns starfish — into peptides and antimicrobial compounds for skin repair and biomaterials.

  • Ecological liability converted to biomedical value
  • Toad-targeted therapeutics & toad-peptide wound dressings
  • Donkey-peptide series; seaweed fibre materials
  • Every removal supports Great Barrier Reef health
Cane ToadStarfish · JellyfishPeptides

Wild Bio-Resource Program · Animal Protein

Feral herds and pest waterways, converted into protein and biomaterial value

Millions of feral donkeys and carp roam Australia's rangelands and river systems. Our wild bio-resource program musters and processes them into traceable animal protein, hides and pharmaceutical feedstock — easing pressure on the land while building export income and regional jobs.

Feral Donkey MusteringRangeland mustering of wild donkey herds — dairy, meat and hide supply from NT, WA & QLD country.
Donkey Ejiao ProductsTraceable donkey hides & milk — ejiao gelatin, a prized traditional Chinese wellness ingredient, for export to China.
Cane Toad Bio-PharmaToad-based pharmaceutical feedstock and insect protein farming pathways.
Carp Fertiliser IndustryFish protein fertiliser from invasive carp — supporting aquatic ecosystem management.
Protein MealHides & GelatinPharma FeedstockExport: China (Ejiao) · SE Asia · Middle East · Europe
Australian Wild Bio-Resource Industry Map — feral donkey mustering, ejiao, cane toad bio-pharma and carp fertiliser industries with export markets to China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe Feral donkey mustering operation with helicopter and 4WD vehicles — concept visual
Feral donkey mustering, rangelands (concept) · Wild Bio-Resource industry map

Corridor Concept · Clean Energy

PV Railway & EV Charging Shared System

Our northern-Australia corridor concept pairs in-track solar with shared battery storage — replacing diesel generation and powering both rail operations and the regional EV fleet, with communities sharing the charge.

  • In-track PV panels on custom mounting brackets, laid along the rail corridor
  • High-capacity battery cabinets buffer solar generation between train passes
  • Locomotive charging plus shared fast-charging bays for public EVs and highway vehicles
  • Modular PV container units power signalling, crew facilities and remote outstations
In-track PVShared StorageEV Fast ChargingDiesel-Free Corridors
Diagram of the PV railway and EV charging shared system for northern Australia — in-track solar panels, storage battery cabinets, locomotive charging and a shared public EV charging zone
PV Railway & EV Charging Shared System — corridor concept diagram
In-track photovoltaic panels and battery cabinets installed along a railway corridor — concept visual
In-track PV + corridor storage — concept visual

The ToadCo Model · Full-Stack Waste-to-Value

We provide the technology — and buy back the products

A professional waste-processing technology and market-development company: almost every major waste stream is covered, converted through our own plant, and the finished products are repurchased for market.

Industrial WasteEnd-of-life tyres, recovered plastics and decommissioned timber sleepers.
Agricultural & Organic WasteSeaweed and algae, sugarcane bagasse, crop straw, kitchen and food waste.
Invasive & Harmful SpeciesCane toads, feral donkeys, European carp, crown-of-thorns starfish, toxic jellyfish.
  • 100% in-house intellectual property — equipment designed and manufactured by ourselves, including after-sales maintenance service
  • Complete technology packages: machinery, formulas and process additives
  • Main line 1 — composite rail sleepers with PV railway power generation & supply
  • Main line 2 — land-reclamation materials: bio-bricks & revegetation blankets from kitchen-waste fertiliser, seaweed binders, bagasse & straw biochar, and bagasse, banana & pineapple fibres blended with recovered textile & wool fibres
  • High-value auxiliary streams: toad peptides & targeted therapeutics, toad-peptide dressings, seaweed fibre, donkey-peptide series (ejiao & collagen)
  • Land reclamation works and railway power generation & supply — our innovative green engineering industries
Technology ProviderProduct Buy-BackIn-House IP · Equipment · Formulas
Founder Leo Uluru presenting finished fibre bio-bricks beside pallet stock — concept visualisation
Founder Leo Uluru with finished fibre bio-bricks — concept visualisation

Key Projects

From lab bench to Queensland landscape

Flagship programs currently moving through research, pilot and deployment phases across regional Queensland.

01 / RAILPilot Testing

Cane Rail Composite Sleeper Program

Timber-rubber composite sleepers engineered and validated for Queensland sugarcane rail lines and branch networks — with solar corridor concepts under development for electrified green haulage.

ConceptLabPilotScale
02 / MATERIALSLab Validation

RUIC Bio-Brick Certification

Mechanical and environmental testing of hot-pressed bagasse bio-bricks through the UniSC RUIC program — building the evidence base for mine backfill, erosion control and land restoration markets.

ConceptLabPilotScale
03 / LANDDeployment Planning

Reef Catchment Revegetation

Seed-loaded revegetation blankets and bio-bricks stabilising eroded catchment land — reducing sediment and nutrient run-off flowing into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

ConceptLabPilotScale
04 / SOILField Trials

Mobile Hydrolysis Field Units

First mobile enzymatic hydrolysis units converting invasive carp and seaweed into high-activity liquid bio-fertiliser — processed on-site across Queensland regional waterways and farms.

ConceptLabPilotScale

Academic R&D

Built on university-backed validation

A deep industry collaboration with the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) puts independent science behind every product before it reaches the field.

Leo Uluru meeting with UniSC research staff on the sugarcane rail sleeper joint program Joint working session with UniSC academic partners on campus In-house laboratory work at the microscope — cane-toad targeted therapeutics R&D programme
Industry–University Partnership & In-House R&D Founder-led laboratory work on toad-targeted actives, alongside joint working sessions with our UniSC research partners

Current joint R&D with UniSC

Committed industry funding is matched by university support, accelerating lab validation, student research and field trials across both flagship platforms.

AO Prof Aman Oo University of the Sunshine Coast · Joint R&D Collaboration
CR Dr Charith Rathnayaka UniSC · Sleeper Project Co-supervisor
A$160k+ Active Commitments SSTE Matching Support DVCRI Matching Support PhD Scholarships

Industry funds are matched by SSTE and DVCRI support programs — a A$160,000+ active joint R&D and scholarship portfolio spanning rail composites and bio-materials.

Joint Project · Rail Infrastructure

Timber–Rubber Composite Sleepers for Sugarcane Rail Infrastructure

Co-supervised with Dr Charith Rathnayaka. Composite sleeper formulations from recovered rubber, plastics and timber, tested for durability, load performance and tropical-environment service life.

Joint Project · Materials Testing (RUIC)

Hot-Pressed Bio-Brick — Mechanical & Environmental Testing

Systematic testing of bagasse-alginate bio-bricks: compressive strength, weathering, biodegradation behaviour and environmental impact profile for certification and market entry.

ESG & Community

Environmental returns and community returns, together

Our business model is our ESG strategy: every tonne recovered and every hectare restored creates measurable environmental and social value.

Great Barrier Reef Protection

Healthy catchments make a healthy Reef. We work upstream of the lagoon, on the land.

  • Watershed land restoration to cut soil loss and sediment run-off
  • Control and high-value utilisation of crown-of-thorns starfish
  • Revegetation blankets rebuilding ground cover on degraded slopes

Indigenous Empowerment

Long-term employment and skills pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

  • Feral animal mustering & on-country operations crews
  • Feedstock collection and regional supply roles
  • Machine operation and processing technical training
  • Ecological restoration operations and maintenance careers

Desert & Rangeland Restoration

Bringing degraded inland country back to life — with the people who know it best.

  • Feral donkey mustering lifts grazing pressure off arid rangelands
  • Revegetation planting and soil rebuilding on degraded desert country
  • Delivered with pastoralists, land councils and Traditional Owners
Illustrative scene of rangeland restoration — Indigenous crews planting native vegetation with donkeys on red-country
Rangeland restoration on arid country — the land we work to bring back (illustrative concept)
Our on-country team with Aboriginal partners during feral animal and land operations in outback Queensland
On-country crew — Indigenous employment in land & feral animal operations
Resource Recovery & Clean Energy Circular Supply Chains Regional Jobs & Training Reef Catchment Focus Desert & Rangeland Restoration Indigenous Employment

Contact Us

Partner With Us

Whether you represent a rail network, a mine site, a grower group, a research partner or an investor — we would like to hear from you.

Office8 Gilbert St, Maroochydore QLD 4558, Australia
Phone+61 417 555 7418
Local: 0417 555 7418
Emailgeneral.hongao@gmail.com
CorporateHongao New Technology Australia Pty Ltd
ABN 99 638 849 359 · Associated: Hong Ao Pty Ltd, ABN 84 673 191 154
Director: Leo Uluru · Brands: ToadCo / HongAoCo

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