Environmental Services
Why We Do It
The Challenge
Most organic waste management systems weren’t built for the complexity businesses face today.
As regulations evolve and environmental commitments take on a bigger role in company values, many are left managing a patchwork of unreliable vendors and outdated processes.
What should be a strategic opportunity to stay compliant, manage risk, and do right by the planet has instead become a source of missed potential.
Our Solution
Vanguard Renewables delivers a fully integrated, zero-landfill solution that gives you the peace of mind you need to run your business with logistics, infrastructure, compliance, and reporting all under one roof.
Tailored to your operations, our programs simplify compliance, protect your brand, and unlock new value from every material stream. Through our national network of facilities and trusted partners, we ensure every material stream is matched with its most efficient and responsible end use.
- Clean energy generation
- Recycling
- Composting
- Reuse
In Good Company
Benefits
Your Materials Always Go 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.
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.
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.
Farm Powered Anaerobic Digestion
Depackaging Food and Beverage Waste
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
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.
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
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.”
