Henderson, Ky.-Griffin Industries Inc. is still drawing up final plans for a 16,500-square-foot warehouse expansion to handle the rapid growth of its business recycling animal processing and bakery waste into high NPK organic fertilizer and other products. Spokesman Rick Geise told Green Markets that Griffin recently acquired property adjacent to a 3,000 square-foot third-party warehouse the company plans to continue to use. “We haven’t broken ground or obtained permits as yet,” Geise reported, after the city’s board of zoning adjustment approved a variance to industrial zone setback requirements. Griffin officials told the board that the company needs more storage because new markets have opened for the material. The warehouse will be used for storing bagged organic fertilizer and should not pose odor or any other problems, allaying fire hazard concerns of at least one of the members. Griffin, with locations in nearly all states except for the west and far west, renders millions of pounds of waste by-products collected daily from slaughterhouses, packing plants, butcher shops, supermarkets, hotels, and restaurants into organic fertilizers, animal feeds, and pet food ingredients. Geise wouldn’t disclose any production figures, but said the products, including 13-13-0 plus calcium and 10-2-8, are Organic Materials Research Institute-listed and serve the organic market across the U.S.
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