| Company type | Joint-stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Gardening and farming products, waste water treatment |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | Eura, Finland |
| Website | Official website |
Biolan is a Finnish company producing substrates for growing house and garden plants, fertilizers, composters, waste water treatment systems and urban farming products.[1] The company was founded in 1974 to find a profitable and environmentally friendly way of recycling manure from broiler chicken production.[2] No synthetic fertilizers are used in the products, making them suitable for organic farming.[3] The company emphasizes sustainable development in its operations. For example, Biolan operates its own wind power plant.[4] In 2011 Biolan won the main prize in the French Eco Trophées competition, which rewards companies for sustainable development.[5] Biolan is Finland's oldest company that sells and manufactures composters. The range currently includes several composter models. Some models are thermally insulated for year-round composting. In 2011, Biolan's Pikakompostori 220 won silver in the French environmental product Eco Trophées competition.[6][7]
- ^ [1] Official web page (in Finnish)
- ^ [2] Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine History of Biolan (in Finnish)
- ^ [3] Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine History of Biolan (in Finnish)
- ^ [4][permanent dead link] Kauppalehti business newspaper (in Finnish)
- ^ [5] Good news from Finland (in Finnish)
- ^ "Biolan voitokas ranskalaisessa ympäristötuotekilpailussa". Good News from Finland. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
- ^ "Biolanin kompostorit". Biolan Oy. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.