White House praises local company on “cutting edge solutions”

AS PUBLISHED IN: The Upper Cumberland Business Journal

Since 2021, the company has operated a “cutting-edge pilot plant”

Local Waste management technology company Novastus hosted representatives from the White House Environmental Task Force (ETF) including Ed Russo, chair of the White House ETF, at the company’s Cookeville headquarters in February.

Novastus, Formerly EKAMOR Resource Corporation, caught the Task Force’s attention through its revolutionary waste management technology, according to a release by the company. Since 2021, the company has operated a “cutting-edge pilot plant” in Cookeville where it processes waste materials and secures multiple Department of Energy grants to “convert garbage and agricultural waste into fuel.”

Russo praised Novastus’ innovation.

“After four decades of searching for a sustainable and environmentally safe waste solution, I have finally found the technology that prevents waste from going to landfills,” said Russo.

Novastus, under the leadership of Michael Idelchik, who previously led innovative technology initiatives at GE for 16 years, has been awarded four U.S. patents while maintaining “a robust international patent portfolio on its process.”

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