Atlas Organics Announces Public-Private Partnership with Indian River County, Florida to Provide Composting Solutions

Atlas Organics (Atlas), a leading commercial composting company seeking to increase municipal waste-solution partnerships across the U.S., today announced the launch of the organization's public-private partnership (PPP) with Indian River County (IRC) to provide composting management including processing yard trimmings. The company has also appointed Heidi Segona to head their business development for the IRC facility, bringing the total to over 10 employees at its Vero Beach, Florida, operations headquarters. 

Last December, Atlas announced it had received $21.4 million in project funding from Spring Lane Capital, a private equity firm focused on providing catalytic project capital for sustainability projects in the energy, food, water and waste industries.

Atlas' operations in Vero Beach, FL, perform yard waste grinding services for the Indian River County landfill on their property and move the processed material to an adjacent property called the Indian River Eco District. The IRC project is currently forecast to process 85-90K tons per year (TPY) in 2020, but the facility is permitted to manage and compost 175K TPY of yard waste and food waste. Atlas is actively engaged in securing additional feedstocks for the IRC project, which is registered with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) as a Source Separated Organics Processing Facility.

"We are very pleased to team up with Indian River County to improve the overall soil health for county residents by returning recycled organic waste back to the earth as efficiently and locally as possible," said Atlas CEO Joseph McMillin. "Partnering with municipalities like Indian River allows us to foster a healthier environment for residents across the county and advance the circular economy. This partnership will help us produce organic soil for a wide array of resources the community depends upon including landscape suppliers, home gardening centers, nurseries, large agricultural sites, golf courses and sod growing operations."