Product Development Mentoring

 Many industries have byproducts that can be utilized to create new products. The business and industrial professionals at Waste Reduction Partners can help you explore ideas to develop value-added processes for new products. Services are tailored to meet client needs.

 

Ash Waste to Products

A synergistic partnership between WRP members and minerals experts from academia completed a major development program.  Two high-volume former waste materials were processed into a family of useful products.

  • Coal ash and bio-solids are the raw materials used to generate value-added products. Robert Mensah-Biney, "An Integrated Separation Technology for Processing Coal Comsumption By-Products and Organic Bio-solids."  

Integrated Separation Technology for Processing Coal Consumption By-Products

  • An in-depth feasibility probe shows the commercial potential of the process.  Ken Butcher, "Integrated Coal Ash Processing Plant Business Feasibility Study. 

Integrated Coal Ash Processing Plant Business Feasibility Study

  • Cover story from "Ash at Work" magazine.

Ash at Work

  • Fly ash is combined with other industrial byproducts for an outdoor product application.  Elaine Marten, "Stepping Stones from Waste Products."

Stepping Stones from Waste Products

 

Read more about example projects:

Industrial Organics Supply Survey 2017

WNC Biomass Wood Waste Study

Waste Pallet to Flooring

Biodegradable Alternative for Plastics

 

 

 

Rural Energy Assistance

Energy Audits for Rural Small Businesses and Farm Operations - USDA

Rural small businesses can request an energy efficiency assessment by Waste Reduction Partners assessors to identify cost-effective savings. More>

Cutting C-store Costs

Energy Efficiency Upfits
Financial Incentive Opportunities

Small businesses in the Duke/Duke Energy Progress service areas eligible for incentive programs for energy efficiency projects.  More>

Greening Assessments

Greening Assessments for the Hospitality Sector

Waste Reduction Partners is offering a limited number of no-cost “Green Assessments” to hospitality businesses in North Carolina. More>

High Bay Lighting Webinar

High Bay Lighting Upgrade Opportunities

Waste Reduction Partners is offering a limited number of no-cost “Green Assessments” to hospitality businesses in North Carolina. More>

Initiate an Assessment

Want a no-cost energy, water, or solid waste assessment to boost efficiency? Complete the form, and a program manager will reach out directly. We look forward to helping you reduce waste and manage resources effectively.

LED vs. Fluorescents

WRP recently hosted a webinar titled  LED Lighting vs. Fluorescents: Applications for Common Commercial Settings presented by Dan Mull, Carolina Consulting Group, Inc.  Click on the link below for more information.  More>