Renewable Energy News

The state’s ban on food waste lacks teeth, critics say

Much of the food waste in Massachusetts is still not being recycled as outlined in the Commonwealth’s organic waste ban. There are a number of success stories such as Whole Foods, which recycles the organic waste from 17 of the company’s 32

New Study Shows Employees Seek and Stay Local to Greener Companies

Nearly 70% of respondents say that a strong sustainability plan would affect their decision to stay with a company long term. In fact, about 30% have left a company due to its lack of a corporate sustainability agenda and over 11% have done so more

DSNY Enforces Organic Waste Requirements

The City of New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY) announced that on February 15 it will begin enforcement of a city law requiring some larger restaurants, chain restaurants and grocery stores to separate their food waste from their trash, and

Inside Vanguard Renewables, the Northeast’s biggest food waste recycler

Vanguard Renewables is featured in a January 31, Waste Dive article by Cole Rosengren. The company recently opened its latest farm-based anaerobic digester, with more on the way. CEO John Hanselman explains why his business works where others have

Digester Developer Finds Sweet Spots

Vanguard Renewables uses an “everybody wins” approach as it builds, owns and operates anaerobic digesters on dairy farms to process food waste and manure according to a recent article by Nora Goldstein in BioCycle Magazine.

Young people say not recycling is a dealbreaker

74 percent of Americans would rather shop and spend money at a business that recycles and reuses materials according to a new study by The Recycling Partnership.

Food to Fuel—It is Not as Easy as it Seems!

Food to Fuel article in December Waste Advantage Magazine by Vanguard CEO John Hanselman touches on the challenges and the benefits of organics recycling to renewable energy.

Considering cleaner alternatives to natural gas

John Hanselman’s Letter to the Editor response to a recent Boston Globe editorial regarding alternatives to conventional natural gas

How recycling is changing in all 50 states

There have been significant recent changes in the recycling landscape for municipalities since the exit of China and these are affecting municipalities and haulers in Massachusetts and around the country.

NWRA Recognizes the Best in Recycling

The 2018 Organics Recycler of the Year Award went to Vanguard Renewables. Vanguard’s Farm Powered organics recycling and anaerobic digester program vertically integrates the organics feedstock chain and farms to solve food waste challenges,

Vanguard Renewables Named 2018 Organics Recycler of the Year By the National Waste & Recycling Association

The award recognizes the substantial contribution that Vanguard’s Farm Powered organics recycling and renewable energy production program is making to protect the environment and advance the waste and recycling industry.

Compelling renewable energy and AD testimony at MA Statehouse hearing

Huge thanks to everyone who supported renewable energy and anaerobic digestion at the MA Energy Committee hearing on September 19th at the Statehouse in Boston.

Digester makes dairy farm super sustainable...

When spring arrives, farmer Peter Melnick says, he’ll be thrilled to be spreading a liquid fertilizer from the new million electricity- and heat-producing waste digester that’s getting ready for operation.

Nutrition experts predict sustainability ‘most important’ trend for 2017

Sustainability wins another vote for the “most important” trend to watch in 2017, followed closely by plant-based protein, according to a small, but well-educated group of nutrition experts, surveyed by Ketchum’s Global Food and Beverage

New Film Showcases ‘Forgotten’ Dairy Farms

Many dairy farms are struggling to survive and are often not considered a part of the “new food movement.” In this film, “Forgotten Farms” producer Sarah Gardner tells the story of the farms and the farmers that are the backbone of farming

Farm Credit Celebrates 100 Years

Farm Credit East recognizes the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Farm Credit System and its story of commitment to agriculture and rural America. It also acknowledges the hard-working farmers, commercial fishermen and forest products

SJC rules Mass. failed to issue proper regulations to cut emissions

In a decision environmental advocates hailed as a landmark, the state’s highest court ruled that Massachusetts regulators must set specific limits on various sources of greenhouse gases to comply with the legal obligation to reduce emissions

Climate change could be even worse for Boston than previously thought

The consequences of climate change on Boston are expected to be far more calamitous than previous studies have suggested, a new report commissioned by the city says. In the worst-case scenario, sea levels could rise more than 10 feet by the end of

Biofuels Make Significant Contribution to GHG Emissions Savings

The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance in cooperation with 2 Consultants Inc. released a new report at the World Climate Summit today entitled, “Green House Gas (GHG) Emission Reductions from World Biofuel Production and Use for 2015.”

Net Metering Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Net metering allows customers of certain electric distribution companies (note: check whether your company is listed below) to generate their own electricity in order to offset their electricity usage. All customer classes are eligible for net

MA utilities look to buy renewable energy to power 136,000 homes

Massachusetts utility companies are preparing to buy enough renewable energy to power 136,000 homes as part of a major initiative announced by Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday. The companies may buy up to 817 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year

The Slow Rise Of America's Renewable Energy Market

From Science Daily, October 7, 2015 Video Source: Newsy / Powered by NewsLook.com Renewable energy is gaining steam in the oil-thirsty U.S. market, but green tech has hurdles to clear before it can take a bigger slice of the pie. Video provided