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Denali

Featured Partner

Where others see waste, Denali sees value.

Denali’s mission is to unlock the power of unused food and organics, transforming them into new resources that feed, fuel and replenish the earth. Denali is the nation’s leading organics recycler, with CEO Todd Mathes and leadership based in Dallas.

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Powering the circular economy

What Denali collects, and what it creates

Collects

  • Unused food
  • Food processing residuals
  • Used cooking oil
  • Grease trap residuals
  • Drinking water residuals
  • Biosolids
  • Plant and wood biomass

Creates

  • Animal feed
  • Compost, mulch and soils
  • Natural fertilizer
  • Biodiesel

Serves

  • Food growers, processors and manufacturers
  • Distribution centers and grocery retail
  • Restaurants, hotels and hospitality
  • Schools, universities and healthcare
  • Sports and entertainment venues
  • Municipalities

Reach

A coast to coast network with local teams

1,400+employees
9,000+customers served
130+facilities and recycling partners
40years of operations and expertise

Impact

Over 14 billion pounds diverted from landfill every year

Denali routes food and organics to the highest value recycling path, making a complex process simple and reliable.

2Bpounds of unconsumed food kept out of local landfills
8.6Bpounds of food processing residuals recovered as fertilizer for land restoration
1.1Bpounds of plant and wood waste used to enhance soil products
362Mpounds of animal feed created for livestock
106Mgallons of used cooking oil converted into clean biofuel

Depackaging technology

Drives deeper diversion

Depackaging cleanly separates hard to recover food from its packaging so it can be put to beneficial reuse. For many businesses, it is what makes food waste diversion possible at scale.

Possible

45+ depack locations across the U.S. give customers access to packaging separation they could not do on their own.

Practical

Zero hours spent sorting food or separating packaging, reducing labor, handling steps and safety issues.

Impactful

Customers moving from manual separation to a depack program have increased diverted food volume by 70% on average.

Following the EPA Wasted Food Scale

Highest value use first

Prevent wasted food, then donate or upcycle what is still edible. Denali’s depack service opens up more donation and upcycling opportunities.

What remains is routed through Denali’s specialized outlets to feed animals, compost or anaerobic digestion, and land application, keeping it out of the drain, the landfill and the incinerator.

Service for municipalities

Biosolids and water treatment residuals management

Lagoon, tank and digester cleaning

  • Routine sludge removal that prevents capacity loss and compliance risk
  • Collaboration with engineers and contractors on expansion projects
  • Specialized equipment and trained staff for safe, efficient operations

Dewatering

  • Large fleet including mobile belt presses, centrifuges and geotextile dewatering
  • Emergency mobile dewatering and rentals
  • Scalable solutions for small or large projects
  • Beneficial reuse of water treatment residuals, including drying bed cleanouts

Green and food waste programs

From awareness to on site operations, Denali works with cities and counties nationwide on organics recycling and composting programs that support landfill diversion targets.

Why it matters

Food waste impacts every community

$340Bestimated value of food wasted in landfills
24%of landfill capacity is taken up by food, where it emits greenhouse gas

Keeping food in the loop supports local agriculture, feeds people and animals, builds healthier soil and creates new feed and energy sources.

Learn more at denalicorp.com

Figures provided by Denali.