CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y.,
Jan. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
BioHiTech Global, Inc. ("BioHiTech" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:
BHTG), a technology and services company that provides
cost-effective and sustainable waste management solutions,
announced today that the Company's Martinsburg, WV Resource Recovery Facility
("Entsorga West Virginia") was featured in a January 2, 2020 article from Waste 360 titled
"Manufacturer HUB Labels Becomes Landfill Free."
The full article reads as follows:
Manufacturer Hub Labels Becomes Landfill Free
Hub has met its 100 percent landfill diversion goal via a
partnership with Entsorga West Virginia that converts Hub's waste
to solid recovered fuel.
Arlene Karidis |
Jan 02, 2020
Hub Labels has finally met a monumental goal it has been working
toward for slightly more than a decade. The Hagerstown, Md.-based label manufacturer has
become landfill free, despite its place in an industry notorious
for generating high volumes of hard-to-recycle and
impossible-to-recycle materials.
The latest of its several green strategies, which has bumped it
up to its 100 percent diversion target, is a partnership
with Entsorga West Virginia, which is in Martinsburg. Entsorga is converting Hub's
waste to a clean-burning solid recovered fuel (SRF) for a cement
kiln.
"In 2018, we had 700 tons of material going to one of three
facilities—either the landfill or one of two recycling facilities.
By the end of [2019], we think all 700 tons we generate will go to
Entsorga," says Nink Myers, Hub
Labels purchasing manager.
After label converters like Hub print and dye cut, they are left
with multilayered material with substrate, adhesives and other
components. These waste materials are either rerolled for
disposal or an air conveyor system is leveraged to chop and
convey them to a container. Recycling these materials would first
require breaking them down into separate streams, which is
virtually impossible, according to Rosalyn
Bandy, vice president of sustainability for TLMI, a trade
association for label suppliers and converters.
So, options are to landfill, incinerate or to do as Hub has
elected and send leftovers from the production process for energy
recovery.
Jesse Hood, Hub's quality and
continuous improvement manager, notes two specific solutions to
production-related problems that have come from the arrangement
with Entsorga. One is a new home for the thick corrugated cores
that labels come on. Traditionally, the company's customers had to
figure out how to deal with these hard-to-grind, bulky materials,
but now they go into the mix to make a clean fuel to replace
coal.
The second solution is a streamlined disposal process. Before,
Hub had three dumpsters for multiple streams; now it has one
dumpster that its longtime hauler, Republic Services, picks up and
ships to Entsorga. Each haul is 8.5 to 10 tons of waste.
"We believe shipping it all to Entsorga will probably save us
money because we are not absorbing transportation costs to take
tractor-trailer loads to Pennsylvania a couple of times a month as we
had been. And very important to us is we are reducing emissions,"
say Myers, adding the disposal cost is comparable to
landfilling.
Material comes into Entsorga as commercial and industrial waste
as opposed to municipal solid waste, so it can be made directly
into fuel versus placing it in the bio-oxidation hall (similar to
composting) since it doesn't contain organics. This accelerates
the fuel-manufacturing process.
"We blend it with other commercial and industrial waste and
municipal solid waste, which helps us increase BTU [British thermal
unit] value and ultimately extract a lot of energy," says
Emily Dyson, director of science
research and development for BioHiTech Global, the majority
owner of Entsorga West Virginia.
Entsorga gets feedstock from several commercial and industrial
generators and takes in materials recovery facilities' residuals,
including high-fiber items like paper and carpet scraps as well as
plastics Nos. 4 to 7.
These are materials the recycling market often no longer accepts
as it [unlike SRF manufacturers] has no market for them,
says Dyson.
Republic, which previously hauled Hub's waste to Washington
County Landfill, collaborated with Entsorga and Hub by offering
test loads to ensure the new process would work.
"We were excited to partner with Hub Labels to meet their
sustainability goals to become landfill free. It's very
advantageous that Entsorga is in our service area, as we are able
to utilize their facility. This will enable us to expand these
great options to many of our customers," says Tonya Dick, territory executive for Republic
Services' Western Maryland Business Unit.
Currently, not many label companies are sending materials for
energy conversion because of the obstacles they face, according to
Bandy.
"You have to separate out matrix waste and store it until you
have enough to send to a facility. Many [manufacturers] don't have
extra space to store or an extra bay to park an empty trailer. They
may not have staff to separate the materials or a facility to take
the material to within a reasonable distance to make it cost
effective," she says.
But sustainability, landfill avoidance and recycling are
becoming increasingly important to brands.
"Companies that have overcome these obstacles and found a way to
do what Hub is doing are finding it's helping them win business.
And they take pride in that they are recycling and getting
non-recyclable materials out of landfill," says Bandy.
Click here to read the article in its entirety.
About BioHiTech Global
BioHiTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:
BHTG), is changing the way we think about managing waste. Our
cost-effective technology solutions include the patented processing
of municipal solid waste into a valuable renewable fuel, biological
disposal of food waste on-site, and proprietary real-time data
analytics tools to reduce food waste generation. Our unique
solutions enable businesses and municipalities of all sizes to
lower disposal costs while having a positive impact on the
environment. When used individually or in combination, our
solutions lower the carbon footprint associated with waste
transportation and can reduce or virtually eliminate landfill
usage. For more information, please
visit www.biohitech.com.
About Waste 360
Serving 90,000+ professionals
worldwide, Waste360 is the leading information, event, commerce and
education provider to the solid waste, recycling, organics and
sustainable communities and plays a critical role in connecting
industry professionals worldwide. Anchored by its flagship
event, WasteExpo and digital properties, including Waste360.com,
Waste360 continues to grow and evolve its portfolio to meet the
needs of the industry.
Forward Looking Statements
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contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements,
including statements about the benefits of the Entsorga West
Virginia facility, are based on many assumptions and estimates and
are not guarantees of future performance. These statements may
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of
BioHiTech Global, Inc. to be materially different from future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. BioHiTech Global, Inc. assumes no
obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking
statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results
could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes
available in the future. Our actual results may differ materially
from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements
due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation those
set forth as "Risk Factors" in our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC"). There may be other factors not
mentioned above or included in the BioHiTech's SEC filings that may
cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in
any forward-looking statement. BioHiTech Global, Inc. assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of
new information, future events or developments, except as required
by securities laws.
Company Contact:
BioHiTech Global, Inc.
Richard Galterio
Executive Vice President
Direct: 845.367.0603
rgalterio@biohitech.com
www.biohitech.com
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