Harvest Power Wins GlobalGreen 200 Top Private Companies Award
September 15, 2011
AlwaysOn, the silicon valley business media company, recently announced the 2011 “GoingGreen Global 200 Top Private Companies” that are pushing the greentech community forward into tomorrow’s clean world. Harvest Power is very proud to have been recognized in the Resource Recovery and Waste Management category as one of the GlobalGreen 200. According to AlwaysOn, the Read more...
Compost, Composting, Blog postings
September 13, 2011
Over the past several years of this blog, we have dealt regularly with compost and composting because we believe in the enormous potential benefits of the creative use of organic waste. The benefits of compost are well-documented in places like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Earth 911 website, and other places. To read Read more...
For-Profit Businesses Can be Superheroes Too
September 12, 2011
Now that North Americans have begun to recognize the energy and nutrient potential in organic waste, entrepreneurs have found new ways to make money from this still under-the-radar resource. Organic waste-related businesses that turn a profit while doing good at the same time have begun to spring up across North America. Back to the Roots Read more...
Composting in the Heartland!
September 8, 2011
Sometimes it seems all the cool green practices and developments in waste management are happening on the left coast. The web is rife with stories about the strides made by San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and Vancouver. Yes, in many ways, these are the leaders in municipal waste management and other green practices…..but guess what? They Read more...
Harvest Expands “Organics Operating System” with Acquisition of Leading Soil & Mulch Manufacturer Coastal Supply
September 6, 2011
Harvest recently turned heads with its acquisition of Coastal Supply, a Delaware-based soil and mulch manufacturer. From the press release: “Coastal Supply, now known as Harvest Garden Pro, operates a robust, award-winning network of manufacturing facilities for bagged soils, mulches and stone. Each year its products and services support over one million gardens throughout 14 Read more...
Waste-to-Energy Technology Act aims to reduce US dependency on fossil fuels
September 1, 2011
The Waste-to-Energy Act of 2011 (H.R. 66) is legislation recently introduced by Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, and passed to the House Ways and Means Committee. It would provide a 30% investment tax credit to those who invest in qualified waste to energy facilities. Qualifying facilities would use feedstocks such as municipal solid waste and would Read more...
How about making “Back to School” Green?
August 29, 2011
50 millions students who each generate about 240 pounds of waste per year are returning to school. The average elementary school generates close to 19,000 pounds of lunch waste alone in a year. Less than a third of students who live within a mile of school walk or ride bikes regularly. We can do better! Read more...
BoLoCo: Inspired – and Compostable – Burritos
August 26, 2011
When a composting program is well-planned, instituting it can be an incredibly fast process. This was the case at BoLoCo, a New England burrito and smoothie chain for whom composting fit so perfectly that the company’s food scrap diversion program grew from one pilot location two years ago to almost every one of its 18 Read more...
Waste reduction is the best place to begin a green business strategy
August 25, 2011
In a recent column at the Our Colorado News website, Sustainability Consultant and former CEO Graham Russell provides some grounded insight for companies addressing the “green thing”. Russell notes that business leaders often leap to solar panels and windmills when thinking about green business, when there is often cost-effective low-hanging fruit in front of them Read more...
Plain speaking about garbage and compost from the mayor of Portland
August 19, 2011
Earlier this month in this blog we reviewed a major residential food waste program taking shape in Portland, Oregon. (Portland Considers Major Food Waste Recycling Effort). After a successful 2,000 home pilot program, Portland is rolling a major effort out to 145,000 homes. Not everyone is thrilled about the “hassle” of separating out organic waste Read more...
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