On Saturday, September 21st, we celebrated our thirty-year anniversary with a revival of our beloved pig roast celebration where friends gathered alongside staff for a day full of hearty food and lively entertainment. The event was an opportunity for us to show our appreciation for the customers, partners, and the invaluable relationships that made our 30th anniversary possible.
RMI was founded in 1994 by President Shelagh Connelly, Vice President Marty Riehs, and Senior Project Manager Charley Hanson, and was created to provide innovative, sustainable recycling solutions to the generators of organic residuals. Today, we are the Northeast’s leader in the industry and recycle over 300,000 cubic yards of wood ash, paper fiber, and biosolids annually.
Shelagh remarked, “I feel fortunate to have stumbled into this recycling world in my first job out of college as a soil sampler. I got to visit farm fields all across New Hampshire and meet some of the hardest working farmers in places that are incredibly rural and beautiful. This led to many years of learning the science and policy behind recycling these fertilizer products, and now 36 years later to be running RMI and employing 25 people who are all passionate about their jobs and committed to being outstanding in our field!”
Many of the attendees at Saturday’s 30th anniversary pig roast were individuals that had been a part of our story since the very beginning. As Charley shared, “our first customer was Bridgewater Power Company just down the road, and we still work with this crew today. We are fortunate to partner with companies that are like-minded in their commitment to the environment and doing the right thing.”
Despite the changes and challenges over the years, we have never lost sight of our mission or core values, and continually strive to do right by those we serve. We attribute our success to strong relationships built within the local farming and land management communities, as well as a commitment to excellence that is shared by each and every employee.
Marty concluded, “I am quite proud that we have been successful for thirty years but none of those successes or years would have been possible without the trust of our customers or the guidance of our government regulators who have weathered many a storm from the sway of public opinion in which we operate, and they continue to hold us to such high standards. But the scope and breadth of our success would not be possible without the hard-working team of equipment operators, field staff, compliance and office personnel, and salespeople who have excelled at their jobs to keep RMI the success we are. Thank you all!”
