Forbes Magazine Online October 21, 2012

Tom named among top 100 entrepreneurs who are using their “Aha Moment” to create jobs.

My “aha” moment was seeing so much waste in the dorms and cafeterias during college. The food and packaging discarded struck me as an environmental scourge, but also wasted opportunity. I realized making products from garbage would create a business with two revenue streams – collecting waste and selling recycled products!