Grand Rapids environmental entrepreneurs propose to launch a community-based business model in Muskegon to create biogas and compost from organic waste. Forming a community nonprofit would enable the multi-million-dollar project to obtain funding through grants and government programs.
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With the Michigan Alternative Renewable Energy Center and its strong environmental and sus-tainability movement, the Muskegon area has the potential to become a critical player in biogas and composting. Bill Stough, president of Sustainable Research Group, believes Muskegon could be home to a consortium that diverts food and other organic waste and generates value-added products such as energy and compost for agriculture uses.
Stough presented a community-based organizational business model on biogas and composting at a recent seminar held at MAREC in Muskegon. Stough and Dan Blackledge, former owner of Mario Bio-energy LLC, formed the Metropolitan Energy and Organics LLC specifically to bring the technology to market. Stough and Blackledge have talked to people in Lansing, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, but the interest level has been the highest in Muskegon.
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