Reducing meat waste by 39 million units in five years

100+ billion. That’s how much food processors and consumer-facing businesses lost last year due to unsold or uneaten “surplus food.” But the impact goes beyond financial loss. When the majority of this food ends up in landfills, incineration, or other disposal methods, businesses face additional costs: 🌱 Reputation risk 🌱 Regulatory scrutiny 🌱 Environmental impact 🌱 Resource inefficiency At Denali, we recognized long ago that the key to addressing this challenge is prevention, and we’re committed to being part of the solution. Through organic diversion, we help our customers transform waste into opportunity. Discover how it’s done, its impact, and the innovations shaping the future of food waste management: https://bit.ly/48EtqxH #circulareconomy #sustainability #organicrecycling #wastediversion #denalidifference

A Nebraska food manufacturer was generating 1-2 truckloads daily of whey and milk waste mixed with rinse water. When regulatory changes limited their disposal options, production shutdowns became a real concern. We connected them with a composting partner and hauling solution that could handle unlimited volume, resulting in a 15% cost savings, reliable disposal, and a more sustainable waste stream. When you treat waste as a resource instead of a liability, everyone wins. Learn more about our solutions: https://lnkd.in/eqc5_cai

We have featured a series of articles on waste this month, with a particular focus on waste in food production. To conclude this discussion, we look at quality and efficiency in an SME Food Production business. https://lnkd.in/e8eHjCvw #leanforbusiness #leansme #leanbusinessireland #localenterpriseofficesupport

📢 New paper alert! "Avoidable food waste and household size: A life cycle comparison of packaged and unpackaged fruits and vegetables" By Lorenzo Giacomella, Erika De Keyser, Erik Mathijs and Liesbet Vranken https://lnkd.in/gwBF7jgR

Top three benefits of implementing IDDSI 1. Food waste goes down 2. Time and energy goes down 3. Labor waste goes down Loved talking to Mary Rybicki a few weeks back on all things implementation.

A French producer found value where most see waste. By turning food by-products into usable ingredients with Alfa Laval’s processing solutions, they reduced loss, cut waste, and created value worth savoring. Interested in doing the same? We’ve got you covered with insights in our case study. https://lnkd.in/dkReiJGT #AlfaLaval #FoodProcessing

Your refreshing pint of beer brewed is creating six pints of waste 🥴 And it’s not just beer. Bread, cheese, and meat production all generate mountains of waste. In the UK alone, food manufacturers produce: 📦 2 million tons of solid organic waste every year 💦 100 million cubic meters of wastewater At Climate Tech Time, Gabrielė Barteškaitėė from Future Greens shared how her team is tackling this problem with on-site anaerobic digestion systems that are: 🤏 8x smaller than conventional digestors  🛠️ Modular and mass-manufactured 🤖 Automated with machine learning The result? Food manufacturers get their own on-site clean energy, while cutting waste disposal costs and carbon emissions. And they’re already in talks with a major brewery with a projected impact of: ⚡ 20% energy savings 💧 70% lower wastewater disposal costs 🌍 10% reduction in their total carbon footprint 🎥 If you want to watch Gabriela’s full talk, you can check it out on Climate Connection’s website here: https://lnkd.in/dZ4Kk7sR #FoodWaste #Energy #ClimateTech

Not sure which compactor suits your site? Here’s a simple guide: ✅ Wet Waste Compactors – for food and organic waste, controlling odours and pests ✅ Static Compactors – for bulky dry waste like cardboard and plastics, reducing collection frequency Kenburn matches the right solution to your site so you stay efficient and compliant.

The researchers developed a process to convert food waste into biocrude oil via HTL and further refined it into SAF with a cobalt molybdenum catalyst. https://lnkd.in/gUFEVxNg #sustainableaviationfuel #SAF #foodwaste #food #waste #feedstock #research #development #biobaseddiesel University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Have you ever wondered what happens to discarded pumpkins, unsold candy, and all the extra food waste that piles up after Halloween?   The U.S. grows over 2 billion pumpkins each year. The World Economic Forum claims that discarded pumpkins alone account for 18,000 tons of food waste, and more than $400 million of uneaten candy gets tossed every year. When pumpkins decompose in landfills, they emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Food waste in general accounts for 58 % of landfill methane emissions.   In 2024, Denali helped keep more than 2 billion pounds of food in the economy, recycling over 14 billion pounds of organic material and turning it into valuable animal feed, compost, soils, mulch, fertilizer, and biofuel.   Along with our customers, we’re advancing the circular economy and supporting sustainability goals across the food supply chain.   #sustainability #circulareconomy #wastediversion #denalidifference #happyhalloween