Veterans at forefront of war on waste

Photo courtesy of Sublime Soils Diners at Park Avenue BBQ Grille are feeding the worms. The owner, Dean Lavallee, founded Sublime Soil to recycle the restaurant chain’s food, paper and glass. The Palm City not-for-profit turns food waste into worm food. The worms then produce a prized fertilizer. Sublime Soil is experimenting with various crops that it’ll eventually sell back to the restaurant chain.

Photo courtesy of
Sublime Soils
Diners at Park Avenue BBQ Grille are feeding the worms. The owner, Dean Lavallee, founded Sublime Soil to recycle the restaurant chain’s food, paper and glass. The Palm City not-for-profit turns food waste into worm food. The worms then produce a prized fertilizer. Sublime Soil is experimenting with various crops that it’ll eventually sell back to the restaurant chain.

Patrick McCallister
For Veteran Voice
Veterans are at the forefront of a war on waste, and Brian Sales is a general in this battle.
“Sublime Soil is pretty much the sustainability arm of the Park Avenue BBQ Grille chain,” Sales said. “What we do is, we collect all their food waste, paper products and glass and we upcycle it.”
Sublime Soil recently received an award for innovative recycling from Keep Martin Beautiful. The award was created specifically for Sublime Soil, because the non-profit didn’t fit in any of the environmental stewardship organization’s annual award categories. Navy veteran County Commissioner John Haddox nominated Sublime Soil for another award. Sublime Soil is in his district.
Upcycling is recycling taken to a new level.

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