Harp Renewables - Business of the fortnight

Globally there is over 1.3 billion tons of food waste generated every year. Harp Renewables was established to provide a renewable and sustainable solution for the treatment of organic waste. Since that time, Harp Renewables has emerged as a global leader in thermophilic aerobic digestion, and waste treatment solutions.

Harp Renewables designs and manufactures thermophilic aerobic digestion equipment that converts organic waste into a nutrient rich, high-value soil product enhancer, also known as ‘INFUSION’. The Harp Bio-Digesters™ use a combination of biological and mechanical processes that reduce organic waste volume and weight by up to 85 % in less than 24 hours. Due to our proprietary technology/Accelerated Thermal Aerobic Digestion, we can maintain a low CO²eq emissions rate by ensuring the production of both Methane and Nitrous Oxide are drastically lower that other organic waste processing technology.

Founder and Company Director, Shane Finnegan is from Kentstown originally so keeping business in Co Meath was more than just a business move. Shane is a proud Meath Man. There are great advantages for being in County Meath, one being the proximity to the Motorway which makes Dublin Port and Airport easily accessible to us. With the growing demand for Harp solutions in and outside of Ireland, this makes it easier for us to provide the best and quickest service for our customers. Another advantage is providing an alternative working environment for our Harp Staff members. Most of our staff are locals, this allows them to live more affordably in Co Meath with less commute times than if they had to travel to a bigger city for work. Creating jobs within the local community is extremely important to us so utilising the local talent pool in another great advantage.

In 2002 Shane Finnegan founded Harp Electrical Engineering, our sister company in Co Meath. In 2014, Harp Renewables was founded and both businesses have never left Co Meath. The original premises was located in Navan but now the Harp Headquarters can be found in the beautiful town of Kentstown. Additional offices have been opened in the US due to high demand for the Harp Digestion solution and we look forward to growing Harp across the entire globe in the future.

There are numerous reasons why our customers do business with us. For starters, there are enormous cost savings advantages with our on-site waste management solutions. All of our products and services are carried out to the highest standards and industry best practices. We pride ourselves on our industry expert knowledge and offer bespoke solutions to meet each customers individual needs. Another huge reason our customers choose to do business with us is for our unique Proprietary Technology which has many environmental benefits and advantages.

Harp Renewables joined County Meath Chamber because as a proud Co Meath business, we felt like this was the most effective way to engage and connect to other businesses. We believe we have a solution that can really help other businesses reduce their waste costs and enhance their CSR. We look forward to connecting with other businesses and support local employment and businesses along the way

We would like to connect to any business that produce organic waste. That would be anyone within the hospitality sector, schools, corporate canteen, zoo’s or anyone within the agriculture industry. If you are currently paying waste bin charges, we would love the opportunity to present our innovative and one-of-a-kind solution.

What we are most excited about is our upcoming soil enhancing organic fertiliser, we are calling INFUSION. Not only is this product produced indigenously, it is made from 100% recycling food waste produced in Ireland. We took the principals of both “Farm to Fork” and “Circular Economy” and produced a product that feeds our vegetation and plant live with the nutrients they need but also feeds the soil around it. Most Fertilisers on the market are made from burning fossil fuels and extract the ammonia from that process to produce synthetic nutrients for your plants. INFUSION feeds both your plant and soil with the nutrition it needs. Unlike any other soil enhancing product, INFUSION contains almost 50% organic carbon while still supplying an organic source of nutrients that will feed your plant with all that it needs. Thanks to our innovative processing and carefully selected supply chain, INFUSION’s carbon footprint is a fraction of any other product on the market. We achieve this by ensuring 100% of our product is made in Ireland, eliminating any importing emissions. Our bio-digesters innovative technology has the lowest carbon footprint of any recycling processes, and our packaging is 100% recyclable.

Harp Renewables provides a fully circular economy solution for all types of businesses who produce organic waste. The Harp solution provides a way for businesses to drastically reduce or even eradicate waste bin charges, nourish the earths depleting soils, reduce the need for synthetic fertilisers, eliminate pollutants or cross contamination risk and puts nutrients back into the ground where they belong. Businesses also reduce their carbon footprint by containing and processing their organic waste on-site. We can do all of he above while helping businesses save money.

As an essential service we were lucky to have been able to keep working throughout the pandemic, although at a very much reduced capacity. The global slowdown of businesses freed up some time for us to complete tasks such as our brand-new website for both Harp Renewables and Harp Electrical Engineering, which launched earlier this year. We were also able to forecast our pipeline as it grew for when things opened back up again. We have had to make changes to how we carry out some of our work, as most companies have, but we are delighted to be back out and helping businesses around the world with the waste management.