Owareco Partners & Clients
Moving from linear and extractive practices to circular and regenerative models
Partners & Clients
Collaborative partnerships are the cornerstone of progress in this emerging industry
Partnerships with both community and national groups are crucial to co-create research that informs implementable change. We work in cooperation with local, regional, and national organizations to build knowledge bases, share best practices, and to ensure solutions are equitable, sustainable, and resilient.
What our Clients & Partners are saying
“Many people are working on the problem of how to best convert food waste to the highest value product. River Road Research is one of those companies, and it came to an early realization that preserving and stabilizing food waste was a critical aspect of that eventual transformation. By employing an EcoVIM, the food waste could be dehydrated which allows it to be stored indefinitely and transported at a much lower cost. River Road Research was able to demonstrate the value of this technology in the pilot project at the Wrigley Institute of Marine Science on Catalina Island in California. By processing the waste produced by the cafeteria staff in the EcoVIM, the Institute staff were able to safely and effortlessly raise black soldier fly larvae without odors or attracting vermin or vectors for disease. The fly larvae were fed to fish and other species in aquariums at the Institute, and shared with Island staff who kept backyard laying hens to attenuate the high cost of groceries on the Island. This demonstrated the viability of a regional, circular economy and the power of the EcoVIM-River Road Research technology combination application.”
“Our Ecovim has transformed the way we handle food waste. It’s become a critical component in how we sustainably manage key resources such as waste and water at our campus on Catalina Island. The captured water is diverted toward irrigation, and the food waste byproduct is fed to Black Soldier Fly larvae which are then fed to our local chickens on the island. We love that this has brought us “full-cycle” and couldn’t have done it without Ecovim!”
“The Ecovim provides a unique food waste management solution in comparison to the the established pathways of composting and anaerobic digestion. In addition to providing a compact and simple to use on-site solution. It mitigates concerns of storing raw food waste, which can be of concern especially in urban and vermin-prone environments.”
“We saved over $2,000 a month in waste disposal because of the Ecovim.”
“This Ecovim solution was a logical fit into our sustainability efforts.”
