Food manufacturing business that uses customized waste management

Environmental Services

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We work with food and beverage manufacturers and retailers across the United States to create comprehensive waste solutions that reduce costs, manage risks, and help you meet your sustainability goals.

What We Do

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Environmental Services

We provide food and beverage manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, cold storage facilities, institutions, pet food manufacturers, and other organic waste generators with customized materials management programs. As we continue to build our footprint of Farm Powered anaerobic digesters across the country, our team of experts will work with you today to manage your packaged waste, manufacturing byproducts, and event-based waste streams and divert them to the most beneficial destination. As our facilities become operational, we will then seamlessly transition your materials to our digesters.

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Services Include:

    • Customized materials managment programs
    • Creative solutions for challenging waste streams
      • Recycling of bulk and packaged organic waste
      • Transportation and logistics support
      • Custom containers and equipment 
      • Comprehensive waste evaluations and reports 

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    Benefits

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    Your Food Waste Always Goes to the Most Sustainable End Use

    For more than a decade, we’ve worked with clients to develop holistic waste management solutions that ensure all materials are recycled into renewable energy at a Farm Powered anaerobic digester near your facility. In areas where we don’t yet have facilities, we’ll find the most value-driven waste solution available. 

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    Reliable, Customized Materials Management Logistics

    We can service you through our own network of strategic partners and haulers or work with your current providers. We are also fully equipped to handle any emergency situations you may encounter from events like product recalls or natural disasters.

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      Zero Waste to Landfill

      With Vanguard Renewables, you'll always know where your waste is going and how it benefits your company, local farms, and the environment. We will never send your waste to a landfill.

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      Comply With Changing Waste Regulations

      Many states and localities have enacted organic waste bans or waste recycling laws to restrict the amount of organic waste being sent to landfills. We can help you comply with changing regulations in your area.

      Organic Waste Bans

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      Depackaging Food and Beverage Waste

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      Pre‑processing Packaged Organics

      Vanguard Renewables' advanced Organics Recycling Areas depackage and pre‑process expired goods, off‑spec batches, or unsafe to eat food and beverage products.

      Our Organics Recycling Area in Agawam, MA is fully licensed and bonded at the state and federal level to receive unsalable alcohol products for certified destruction, allowing us to sustainably destroy alcohol shipments* "in bond," and allowing breweries and distilleries to reclaim paid Federal Excise Taxes.

      *excluding wine

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      Recycling Food and Beverage Waste

      Extracted organics are recycled at a Farm Powered anaerobic digester, combined with farm waste, and converted into renewable energy. Some streams are able to skip pre-processing and enter the anaerobic digester directly.

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      Why Vanguard Renewables?

      We'll transform your waste into a force for good. Our advantages include:

      • Single-source solution for food and beverage waste management
      • Total materials management capabilities for all waste streams at your facilities
      • Solid track record of managing waste for clients such as Cabot Creamery and Polar Beverages since 2014
      • Create circularity by fueling your operations with the renewable natural gas captured from your waste
      • Supporting American farmers and their communities
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      We Put Safety First

      The safety of our employees is our greatest responsibility, so we demand constant vigilance to ensure a safe and healthy workplace. With safety as a core value, we nurture a culture that protects our employees, visitors, and everyone who calls the areas around our work sites “home.”

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      Ready to make a difference? Find out how we can partner to harness the power of food and beverage waste.

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