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Basis of Presentation and Going Concern
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Basis of Presentation and Going Concern  
Basis of Presentation and Going Concern

Note 1.   Basis of Presentation and Going Concern

Nature of Operations - Renovare Environmental, Inc., formerly known as BioHiTech Global, Inc. (the “Company” or “Renovare”) through its wholly-owned and controlled subsidiaries, provides cost-effective and sustainable environmental management solutions.

Our cost-effective technology solutions include the patented processing of municipal solid waste into a valuable renewable fuel, biological disposal of food waste on-site, and proprietary real-time data analytics tools to reduce food waste generation. Our solutions enable businesses and municipalities of all sizes to lower disposal costs while having a positive impact on the environment. When used individually or in combination, our solutions lower the carbon footprint associated with waste transportation and can reduce or virtually eliminate landfill usage.

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company commenced an operational and strategic review of Entsorga West Virginia LLC (“EWV”) and its facility based MBT operations in Martinsburg, West Virginia (the “Facility”) that resulted in a decision to pause production operations to allow for reducing losses and cash requirements from the Facility. The Facility was evaluated for impairment as of December 31, 2021, prior to the initiation and continuing review of the Facility, through which the Company concluded that the Facility was not impaired.

Since March 2020, when the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic, as well as those from new strains of the virus. The Company  monitors the near term and longer term impacts of COVID-19 and any related business and travel restrictions and other changes intended to reduce its spread, and its impact on operations, financial position, cash flows, inventory, supply chains, purchasing trends, customer payments, and the industry in general, in addition to the impact on its employees. Due to the nature of the pandemic, while presently the level of the pandemic is low, the magnitude and duration of the pandemic and its impact on the Company’s operations, liquidity and financial performance may depend on certain developments, including duration, spread and reemergence of the outbreak, its impact on our customers, supply chain partners and employees, and the range of governmental and community reactions to the pandemic.

Basis of Presentation - The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned and controlled subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 280, segment reporting, the Company reports as a single segment company.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company's active wholly-owned subsidiaries were BioHiTech America, LLC, BioHiTech Europe Limited, BHT Financial, LLC and E.N.A. Renewables LLC, and its controlled subsidiary was Refuel America LLC (68.2% and 60%, respectively) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Apple Valley Waste Technologies Buyer, Inc., Apple Valley Waste Technologies, LLC, New Windsor Resource Recovery LLC and Rensselaer Resource Recovery LLC and its controlled subsidiary Entsorga West Virginia LLC (“EVW”) (93.5% and 88.7%, respectively). As each of these subsidiaries operate as environmental-based service companies, we did not deem segment reporting necessary.

Going Concern and Liquidity - For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company had a consolidated net loss of $24,323,475, incurred a consolidated loss from operations of $18,516,674 and used net cash in consolidated operating activities of $6,846,192. As of December 31, 2021, consolidated total stockholders’ deficit amounted to $10,102,010, and the Company had a consolidated working capital deficit of $41,817,881 This working capital deficit includes the WVEDA nonrecourse bonds of $33,000,000 that are collateralized by the Facility and the membership interests in EWV for which the EWV has not met certain covenants, financial and otherwise, which is classified as a current liability. In addition, the Company had not met certain of its senior secured note's financial covenants as of December 31, 2021 amounting to $3,275,000 which has also been classified as current debt. Additionally, EWV has also defaulted on scheduled payments to a junior unsecured series of notes from EntsorgaFin S.p.A, ("EFin") a minority member of EWV,amounting to $1,254,696 as of December 31, 2021 which is classified as a current liability. The Company does not yet have a history of financial profitability. In February 2021 and during the fourth quarter of 2021 the Company raised net proceeds of $8,558,669 through an At-The-Market series and through an Equity Facility Line series of transactions. Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company received proceeds of $1,118,401 through the sales of common stock and warrants in a Private Investment In Public company transaction. There is no assurance that the Company will continue to raise sufficient capital or debt to sustain operations or to pursue other strategic initiatives or that such financing will be on terms that are favorable to the Company. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on management’s further implementation of the Company’s on-going and strategic plans, which include continuing to raise funds through equity and/or debt raises. Should the Company be unable to raise adequate funds, certain aspects of the on-going and strategic plans may require modification.