Project Description
Depackaging and Recycling New England’s Food and Beverage Waste
Vanguard Renewables advanced Organics Recycling Facility depackages and processes expired goods, off-spec batches, or unsafe to eat food and beverage products. The extracted food is transported and recycled at a Massachusetts Farm Powered anaerobic digester, where it is combined with farm waste and converted into renewable energy.
Contact: Ryan Harb
rharb@vanguardrenewables.com
978.314.1176
ORGANICS RECYCLING
FACILITY FACTS
- Capacity of 250 tons per day
- Mega Thor and walking floor
- Grit and plastics separation
- Carbon filter with a capacity of 6-10 air changes per hour for the whole building
- Fast acting doors and air curtain to prevent odors outside the building
- Multiple holding tanks with 60,000-gallon capacity
- Commercial-scale keg decanter
Mega THOR Turbo Separator
- Ability to process a wide range of materials
No manual separation necessary for palleted waste system
- Swing hammers prevent operational downtime and reduce maintenance costs
- Multiple screen sizes to reduce contaminants
Sealed Walking Floor
- Eliminates dumping material on the ground
- Enhanced visibility for contaminant identification and separation minimizes downtime
- Constant feed of material increases processing
efficiency - 30 tph wet/dry system
Vanguard Renewables Organics Recycling Facility in the News
This Food Gets Converted Into Energy
As much as 40 percent of the country's food supply gets thrown out. In Massachusetts, Vanguard Renewables, its farm partners, and companies including Whole Foods are combining that food waste with manure to produce renewable energy.
Vanguard Renewables and the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance – A Pathway to a Healthier Planet
Together with food manufactures, retailers and farmers, Vanguard Renewables is designing a path to lower carbon emissions and mitigate climate change. Everyday, we recycle unavoidable food waste and farm waste into carbon negative renewable natural gas and low carbon fertilizer.
Vanguard Renewables Organics Recycling Facility Video Tour
In 2021, Vanguard Renewables will process nearly 500,000 tons of organic waste into renewable energy.
Vanguard Renewables officially opened its Organics Recycling Facility
Vanguard Renewables officially opened its Organics Recycling Facility in a private ceremony December 3, 2020 that included remarks from Chairman and CEO John Hanselman, Agawam Mayor William Sapelli, MA Senator John Velis, and MA Representative Nicholas Boldyga. Malaina Hudson, Director of Supply Chain Systems at Hillebrand Keg Pros, contributed remarks virtually.