Harvest Urban Wood Recycling and Smithers Enterprises merge

Harvest Power Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts announced that its Canadian subsidiary, Harvest Urban Wood Recycling Ltd., New Westminster, British Columbia, has merged with Smithers Enterprises Inc. (SEI), Vancouver, British Columbia, to expand and enhance its wood recycling services in the Metro Vancouver region.
 

"Harvest's market leadership and scale, combined with our strong customer base and strategic location, will enable us to better serve our customers and the region," says Sam Monaco, senior vice president of Harvest. “Diverting clean wood from the landfill is one of the top sustainability priorities of the region. We're pleased to expand our support for the community's recycling and clean energy efforts through this merger."

 

The Metro Vancouver region's clean wood disposal ban requires the recycling of solid wood, lumber and pallets. Harvest and SEI receive construction and demolition waste, extract the metals for recycling, and process the clean wood into biofuels for industrial customers. This is designed to both significantly reduce the quantity of material being landfilled and provides cleaner alternatives to traditional fossil fuels, enhancing the region's air quality and reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
 

"I'm excited to join efforts," says Steve Smithers, founder of SEI. "Harvest's market leadership and scale, combined with our strong customer base and strategic location, will enable us to better serve our customers and the region."

 

Harvest and SEI operate wood recycling facilities in both Vancouver and New Westminster. Harvest's other facilities in Metro Vancouver—its composting and clean energy facility in Richmond and its organic transfer station and retail soil yard in North Shore—are not involved in this merger.