Quebec, Canada— A project involving Canadian companies and local government tested ten tons of Fluff® in the first of a three-part trial to see if Fluff® can be used as a source for the development of alternative energy. An independent testing laboratory in Canada used thermal oxidation with the first shipment of Fluff® pellets to …
Continue reading →Champaign, IL — Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) issued a report recommending the Army proceed with the development of a deployable WasteAway® system. It is recommended that alternative operating scenarios and system configurations that address the treatment of other problem base camp wastes also be investigated. Bouldin Corp.®, in McMinnville, TN, has developed a technology …
Continue reading →Bouldin and Lawson, the manufacturer of the WastAway® machines bound for Aruba, finished all in-house components necessary for the system and shipped the last of the containers. In all, more than twenty-five containers have been shipped to Aruba. Mark Brown, CEO of Bouldin Corporation remarked, “We are very proud of the crew at our Bouldin …
Continue reading →For the second year, Wastaway® recycled for the Bonaroo Music and Arts Festival. Wastaway recycled more than 300 tons of garbage this year, up from 203 tons of garbage from the previous year’s Festival.
Continue reading →WastAway was mentioned in a story by MTV News in connection with Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Read More: PDF
Continue reading →By BILL POOVEY / Associated Press Writer McMINNVILLE (AP) – Trucks dump tons of unsorted household garbage inside a cavernous room at WastAway®, where a conveyor system grinds it, shreds it and heats it. After about 30 minutes, the garbage has become “fluff® ” a safe and stink-free product that looks like wood pulp. Fluff …
Continue reading →by Ryan Busby and Dick Gebhart from Public Works Digest • July/August 2004 “These evaluations indicate that the material is well suited for returning organic matter to soils on degraded training lands, which is a necessary step in reestablishing productivity. It was also found that large amounts of this material can safely be land applied, …
Continue reading →Garbage Growth By Kelli Rodda from Nursery Management & Production (NMPro) magazine. WastAway® Services in McMinnville, Tenn., has found a way to transform household garbage into a media component for plants. The patented and proprietary process shreds garbage, turning it into “Fluff®” a material that resembles a cross between dryer lint and wood pulp. The …
Continue reading →By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Southern Standard, February 20, 2004 Warren County’s recycling figure of 95 percent, provided thanks to its use of WastAway®, has been instrumental in obtaining two matching fund grants in which the state will provide a total of $221,700 and the county will provide matching funds of $95,820. READ FULL STORY (PDF)
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