Vanguard Renewables, a Massachusetts-based anaerobic digestion company and ABC member, has launched the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance (FPSA) with the goal of rapidly scaling up organics recycling in the United States. Initial members include Unilever, Starbucks and Dairy Farmers of America (DFA). Vanguard has seven operational facilities in the Northeast, including a new depackaging facility in Massachusetts with 250 tons per day of capacity. More than 20 new facilities are also in development, with a near-term focus on metro areas around New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Atlanta…Serfass said the sector as a whole still has ample room to grow, with companies that ABC represents taking a range of approaches, and it appears to now be doing so at a more rapid pace. More >>
