Enviro Featured in Daily Star
October 12, 2009
Fresh Pellets drop into the Finishing Machine
Enviro Energy LLC was featured in an article titled “Area homeowners turn to energy alternatives” in October 10th’s edition of the Daily Star.
‘Basically, we buy overgrown fields. We particularly like goldenrod. We buy this from the farmers,’ May Miller said. ‘It gives them a little niche market for crops they couldn’t sell before. They bring it right to us.’
The crops are then converted into grass pellets, which can be burned in pellet stoves. According to the Millers, the stoves are very “green” in addition to being cost-efficient…”
To read the whole article, click here.
2009 Heating Season Updates
October 5, 2009
We are winding down our first full year and we want to thank everyone who helped to get our grass pellet manufacturing business though the many trials of our start-up period.
We appreciate the willingness of so many to try out our completely new product and get back to us with the results, as we struggled with the unknowns and many changes to our equipment and processes.
Our latest product, Barley Pellets, were produced a little late in the season but we were gratified with the feedback and feel they will be even more successful when used earlier in the year.
We are ready to start off a new year with a bang and introduce some new products so keep checking our isite for info and details!
We are excited that we recently found a source of wood so we now can furnish those persnickety stoves that didn’t like the small amount of extra ash from the grass [weed] pellets.
We have also been experimenting with using the grass pellets in our outdoor flower garden. When mixed with our heavy clay type soil and moistened, it is like a miracle – The pellets expand 5 to 6 times their original size and a small amount will loosen the soil amazingly. The weed seeds have all been destroyed in the pelleting process. Also a few pellets sprinkled around a plant on top of the ground makes a great mulch.
And now for horse bedding. We have acquired kiln dried pine and are making pellets for horse stalls. It is light colored and smells so nice!
Our 2009/2010 Heating Season Prices are as follows:
Grass pellets – $ 4.50/40# bag or $225/ton
Soft wood heating pellets – $ 5.00/40# bag or $235/ton
Dry kiln horse bedding pellets-$ 4.50/40# bag or $225/ton