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
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.
Organics recycling facility opens in Agawam
Vanguard Renewables held a private outdoor ceremony Thursday morning to officially open its new Organics Recycling Facility. The advanced recycling facility will process expired goods, off-spec batches and any other food and beverages deemed unsafe to eat. The product is then moved to one of the company’s farm powered anaerobic digesters. The product is combined with farm waste and converted into renewable energy.
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