Case Studies
Clearing the Stockpile: How Brownsville, TX Took Control of Its Tire Problem
With a Doppstadt Inventhor 9 shredder and a team that takes ownership, the City of Brownsville turned a growing waste challenge into a program other municipalities depend on. Jose Roberto Maldonado, Environmental Compliance Manager for the City of Brownsville Engineering-Public Works Department, did not set out to run a tire shredding operation. He came up…
Read MoreBuilt on a Mission: How MyGreen Michigan is Turning Packaged Food Waste into Finished Compost
Company Overview Founded in 2014, MyGreen Michigan is a food waste diversion company serving the southern half of Lower Michigan. The company collects organic material from restaurants, commercial kitchens, hospitality facilities, and food processing plants and diverts it from landfill to composting. All material collected is processed into finished compost through the company’s network of…
Read MoreFrom One Trommel to Three: How Doppstadt Helped Hansen’s Tree Service Scale
Jeff Hansen started trimming trees on Saturdays in 1988 so his wife could stay home with their children. Word spread. The side work became regular. Eventually, with his employer’s blessing, Jeff left his job at BFI and went full time. Nearly four decades later, Hansen’s Tree Service & Environmental Resources employs 90 people, operates a…
Read MoreCase Study Update: Catalyst BioAmendments
When we first featured Catalyst BioAmendments in 2021, the Nevada City, CA company was already known for producing exceptionally high-quality, microbe-focused compost and for challenging assumptions about what compost at scale could cost and achieve. Since then, Catalyst hasn’t pivoted away from that mission – they’ve expanded it. This follow-up case study explores how Catalyst…
Read MoreTable to Farm Compost Turns Food Scraps into Compost with Its BACKHUS A38 Turner
You’ve probably dined at a ‘farm to table’ restaurant that offers fresh, locally produced ingredients, supports local economies, and emphasizes transparency in its menu, letting consumers know exactly where their food comes from. In Durango, CO, Table to Farm Compost has the perfect name for its locally based, circular business model. It’s a creative play…
Read MoreMarin Sanitary Service Helps Turn Food into Clean Energy with Tiger HS-55 Depackager
Marin Sanitary Service (MSS), based in San Rafael, California, is a recycling pioneer that provides residential and commercial waste collection, recyclables, and organic waste pick-up services for Marin County. This includes an innovative partnership with Central Marin Sanitation Agency (CMSA) called Food2Energy, where food waste diverted from landfills is converted into clean energy. To process its…
Read MoreSevier Solid Waste Gets Trommel Consistency and Reliability with Ecoverse
Sevier Solid Waste, Inc. (SSWI) in Pigeon Forge, TN operates the largest mixed co-composting facility in the nation and processes all the waste from the cities of Gatlinburg, Sevierville and Pigeon Forge, as well as Sevier County and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The facility processes 500 tons of MSW and biosolids per…
Read MoreDouble O Organics Diverts Food Waste and Feeds the Earth with Tiger
Double O Organics is a Monett, Missouri based environmental services company that is passionately devoted to helping create a more sustainable future. One way it does so is by helping food and pet food manufacturers decrease their environmental impact by diverting their food waste from landfills by transforming it into compost, which is sold in…
Read MoreCasco Is More Than a Landfill With Ecoverse
58 years ago In South Houston, TX, Noah Martini’s grandfather, R. H Martini, opened and operated a sandpit. After the sand was depleted he converted the property to a construction & demolition waste landfill, Casco Landfill, where it remains to this day. Around 2010, after Noah’s grandfather retired, he and his father, Rick Martini, took…
Read MoreRenewed Earth Accomplishes More With Doppstadt
Jake and Theresa Glas founded Kalamazoo Landscape Supplies in their basement, with just a phone number and a small fleet of trucks. Their business would grow significantly in the ensuing years, and their sons, Jim and Dan, would eventually take over the business. In 1996, the brothers purchased Michigan Soil Services, which they would re-brand as Renewed Earth.…
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