Environmental Business Specialists, LLC Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label
Mandeville, LA. December 19, 2025 — Environmental Business Specialists, LLC announced today that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product Label for MicroCarb™.
MicroCarb™ is a glycerin-based carbon source used as a wastewater treatment supplement to support biological systems during low influent carbon conditions, production outages, and nutrient removal programs. It provides a readily available carbon source that is easier and safer to handle than alternative sources. MicroCarb™ contains 100% biobased content, offering facilities and suppliers a renewable alternative to petroleum-derived carbon products while maintaining reliable treatment performance.
The MicroCarb™ can now display a unique USDA label that highlights its percentage of biobased content. Third-party verification for a product’s biobased content is administered through the USDA BioPreferred® Program, which strives to increase the development, purchase, and use of biobased products.
Biobased products empower communities in rural America, create and expand markets, and represent incredible technological advances and innovations.
The USDA Certified Biobased Product Label displays a product’s biobased content, which is the portion of a product that comes from a renewable source, such as plant, animal, marine, or forestry feedstocks. Utilizing renewable biobased materials displaces the need for non-renewable petroleum-based chemicals. Biobased products are cost-comparative, readily available, and perform as well as or better than their conventional counterparts.
“Earning the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for MicroCarb™ provides our clients with verified transparency in sourcing while continuing to deliver the performance they rely on to stabilize biology and maintain compliance”- Christina Dietzen
“We applaud Environmental Business Specialists, LLC for earning the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label,” said Vernell Thompson, USDA BioPreferred Program. “The label is intended to help spur economic development, create new jobs, and provide new markets for farm commodities. But the label also makes it easier for consumers and federal buyers to locate biobased products and consider planet-friendlier options during purchase decisions. By having their products become USDA Certified Biobased, Environmental Business Specialists, LLC joins an expanding list of businesses combatting inaccurate marketing claims and the practice of greenwashing, while also contributing to a thriving bioeconomy that decreases our reliance on petroleum.”
In the latest Economic Impact Report released by USDA, the biobased products industry supported 4.6 million American jobs; contributed $470 billion to the U.S. economy and generated 2.79 jobs in other sectors of the economy for every biobased job. Biobased products also have a substantial environmental impact, displacing about 9.4 million barrels of oil a year, with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 12.7 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents per year.
About Environmental Business Specialists, LLC:
Environmental Business Specialists (EBS) provides wastewater consulting, advanced laboratory diagnostics, operator training, and biological treatment products including industry tailored blends of nutrients, carbon sources, and bioaugmentation. EBS supports industrial wastewater facilities across North America stabilizing biological systems and supporting regulatory compliance.
About the USDA BioPreferred Program
With the goal of increasing the development, purchase, and use of biobased products, USDA’s BioPreferred® Program was first introduced in the 2002 Farm Bill and reauthorized in 2018. It requires federal agencies and contractors to give purchasing preference to biobased products. The USDA BioPreferred Program also includes a voluntary certification and labeling initiative for biobased products. This is referred to as the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label.
More than 1,800 companies across the U.S. and in 47 countries participate in the Program. From farm and field all the way through the manufacturing process, the expanding market for biobased products creates jobs, supports rural economic growth in America, and has a positive impact on our planet. Have questions? Please contact: Vernell Thompson, USDA BioPreferred Program at Vernell.Thompson@usda.gov
To learn more about the USDA BioPreferred Program click here: USDA BioPreferred
To learn more about MicroCarb click here: EBS Products Brochure-MicroCarb.pdf