Feeco is Providing Solutions and Value to Waste Streams
By Carlie Forsythe
Imagine your average compost heap. Items such as wilted lettuce leaves or leftover banana peels probably figure in the picture somewhere. Steel dust or unused industrial chemicals more than likely do not. For Green Bay company Feeco International however, metal dust and other wastes do have a place in the pile.
Feeco, which started in 1951 as a fertilizer equipment and engineering company, has grown progressively greener over the last two decades. Feeco has a strong interest in environmental management; it concerns itself more with renewable materials than renewable energy. Two of its main types of technology are thermal processing, as used in rotary dryers, kilns and coolers, and agglomeration, which goes hand in hand with thermal equipment.
Feeco has likened its work to a large-scale, high-quality version of composting. Many of Feeco’s projects involve keeping potentially valuable wastes such as metal dust, various chemicals and sludges out of local landfills, reusing them in environmentally-friendly ways instead of discarding them. This not only reduces land and water contamination, but also decreases both waste transportation and future clean-up costs.
Any company with a waste generation problem, from steel mills to municipalities to farmers, is a potential Feeco customer. Feeco has worked with companies everywhere from across the street to across the globe, from South Africa’s gold and diamond mines and Australian chicken farmers to the dairy farms and meat-packing plants of Wisconsin’s own Brown County.
Though there are several other companies working along similar lines, Feeco’s knowledge of fertilizer after 59 years in business puts it ahead of its competitors. Currently, Feeco employs between sixty and seventy people at its office and shop, and looks forward to further growth as the number of inquiries it receives from industries increases.
FEECO proudly supports the 2nd annual Green Innovations 2010 hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on April 22-23, 2010
Green Bay, WI (April 22, 2010) – FEECO International was originally founded to supply the fertilizer industry and has grown over the years to be a well known leader for offering equipment and solutions to companies based around an Eco-Centric viewpoint. During past 59 years FEECO has worked to develop a balance between the environment and their customer’s strategic positions. FEECO makes sure that the environment is held in high standards for the past, present, and future generations.
Bay Business Journal Vol 17 #3 (June / July 2009)
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Humans do it, animals do it, factories do it. Even cells do it.
Producing waste is just one of those unavoidable evils – right up there with facing our mortality and being accountable to the Internal Revenue Service. But what happens to all the waste we and our fellow biological beings produce, and – no pun intended — where do we go with it?
The Brown County Waste Transformation Initiative (BCWTI) has come up with a possible answer: Process it and sell it around the world as nutrient-rich, pathogen-free fertilizer nuggets.
FEECO International and ENCAP, LLC proudly support the First Annual Green Innovations 2009 Symposium hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Earth Day.
Green Bay, WI (April 16, 2009) – FEECO International, an industry leader of material handling, thermal processing & agglomeration equipment, and ENCAP, LLC, a Midwest-based company which creates eco-friendly lawn and garden care products are proud to support the First Annual Green Innovations 2009 Symposium hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Earth Day, April 22, 2009.
FEECO Celebrates its 58th Anniversary while working on developing process and equipment solutions aimed at providing an Eco-Centric viewpoint to the Environment.
Green Bay, WI (March 17, 2009)- FEECO an industry leader of material handling, thermal processing and agglomeration equipment & solutions announces its 58th Anniversary. Dan Madigan, President of FEECO stated, “FEECO has been successful because of the employees that work here. Our average employee has worked for over 20 years at FEECO, this provides us with a lot of knowledge that we pass on to our customers.”
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