WāstAway® takes something the world doesn’t want–municipal solid waste (MSW)–and transforms it into something the world needs.
We are the beginning of the end for landfills, and deployment of a much-needed renewable and sustainable energy source globally.
Our technology captures metals (ferrous and non-ferrous) and plastics for recycling, removes glass and inerts for recycling, and converts the remaining waste into sterile, carbon-rich, and sustainable engineered fuel for a variety of uses. Our renewable (negative carbon footprint) products include a proven, high-BTU coal replacement fuel for cement kilns, power plants, steel mills, pulp mills and other solid fuel users; biofuels; renewable natural gas (RNG) through anaerobic digestion; a soil enrichment additive; and composite building materials through extrusion processes.
Human beings generate trash. Tons of it. Every day!
For years, we’ve dealt with municipal solid waste—trash—by carting it away to a landfill. But landfills are not a satisfactory solution. They fill up. They require lots of space. They leach contaminants into the water or into the soil. They release dangerous methane into the atmosphere, which is 21 times worse than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. And what’s left just sits there, some of it for centuries.
WāstAway is a green tech company that views MSW differently. We’ve pioneered solutions that convert the waste into a safe, sustainable, sterile form that can be used as a supplemental fuel in the production of electricity, or as feed stock in the production of biofuels, or even used as a soil enrichment for gardens, greenhouses and nurseries.
Our multi-patented process has been used successfully for more than 20 years to help communities and municipalities solve their MSW needs. At the heart of the system is the WāstAway technology that transforms your waste into products with multiple uses. The system works and is in commercial use.
Every community has a unique set of needs, and WāstAway works with each to develop customized, earth-friendly solutions. If you already have a recycling program, WāstAway will boost both participation rates and the amount of material recovered. If your community does not have a recycling program, we will create one. We will process your MSW and keep it out of landfills… for good! Our goal is to achieve zero landfill growth.
Our History
WāstAway was founded in 2002 as a subsidiary of Bouldin Corporation, which began in 1959 as a manufacturer of agricultural and horticultural machinery for the greenhouse and nursery industries. Contracts with the U.S. Army to provide demilitarization and recycling equipment in the 1990s led to the invention of the patented Cellulator™ and what evolved into the WāstAway Cellulocity processing system. WāstAway’s first plant continues to operate commercially and serves as an R&D facility nearly 20 years after initial construction.
There have been hundreds of studies conducted on all facets of the inert nature of Cellulate as a highly viable and sustainable fuel. WāstAway systems have been installed and successfully operated, and the research and development continue to improve the process daily.
To learn more about this and our innovative, earth-changing technology, visit the Our Process page. Better yet, visit our headquarters and flagship plant in Morrison, Tennessee, and see the transformation firsthand. Today’s Trash. Tomorrow’s Fuel! Let us show you!