2023 Tier 6 Vanguard Award Winner

Want to reduce your pollution footprint and eliminate liabilities, meet compliance metrics for Sustainability, ESG, Net Zero or Scope 3 emissions and simply save money all at the same time? Terravive’s clients accomplish that by making the choice to replace plastic and Styrofoam consumables with Terravive’s eco-friendly, compostable dining products. Terravive’s clients seek a very visible, impactful and cost-effective solution that addresses several pain points within their operations. These products are particularly impactful when used in island, coastal and humanitarian operations:

Island and Coastal Operations: Island and coastal operations are particularly sensitive to their environmental footprints and often have very stringent environmental regulations that impact how waste disposal is handled. Terravive began supplying an island in the Pacific with its eco-friendly, compostable cafeteria products almost four years ago. Prior to using Terravive products, the island was barging off their waste at great expense or incinerating their plastic and Styrofoam waste with the associated emissions liabilities and expenses. Over four years, Terravive was able to save its client almost $1 million in operational expenses in addition to avoiding various environmental fines.

Refugee Operations: Recently, the US has experienced a large influx of refugees who need to be provided with food and other necessities while they are awaiting their final homes. During all of these operations, a literal mountain of plastic and styrofoam waste is generated from the dining operations. In one location, the client decided to use Terravive’s compostable products. The Terravive team delivered 2.2 million products with 6 days’ notice, and in just one delivery eliminated 664 tons (602 metric tons) of plastic pollution by utilizing eco-friendly, compostable products. For context, that’s the plastic equivalent of 222 adult elephants NOT going to the landfill!

Remote Humanitarian Operations: In most remote locations around the world where there are humanitarian efforts underway, the default is to simply dump all waste into a landfill. More frequently, the waste is burned in unregulated burn pits with all the associated health damage for the locals. Recently, a Terravive client decided to avoid creating mountains of plastic pollution that eventually would be burned, so they standardized on eco-friendly, compostable products. By simply standardizing on Terravive’s products, our client chose to directly eliminate thousands of tons of plastic and Styrofoam pollution annually, reduce operational costs and long-term liabilities, while also supporting over 1,000 American green jobs.

About Terravive: Terravive (www.terravive.com) is a global supplier of novel eco-friendly, compostable dining and cafeteria consumables (I.e., take-out containers, trays, cutlery, cups, straws, bowls, plates, resealable bags, trash bags, other kitchen/cafeteria/dining products) currently shipping throughout North America and on four continents. Established in 2015 as an advanced materials company, Terravive is a woman, minority, and veteran owned small business with 16 manufacturing locations in the USA and capacity of 50 billion products annually. Terravive’s biodegradable products such as cutlery & mess trays are engineered to degrade in soil, compost, river, ocean and lake water just like a piece of fruit, fully degrading in 3-6 months with no residual pollution and no plastic pollution liabilities. Terravive is literally eliminating mountains and oceans of plastic and Styrofoam pollution globally and saving our clients tens of millions of dollars annually.