Denali

Denali is an organic recycling company that operates across the United States, diverting organic waste streams and converting them into fertilizer, animal feed, biofuels and compost. The company has run for more than 25 years and employs over 1,500 people nationwide, having grown from a single rural location in Arkansas to facilities and operations spanning the country. It processes millions of tons of organic material and describes its market reach as extending to nearly every person who purchases and consumes food in the U.S.

Denali's work begins with collection: it runs organic waste collection services for commercial and institutional customers, picking up unsold packaged food and recurring organic waste streams. Its depackaging technology separates food from packaging so that organic material can be diverted from landfills. Recovered material is then processed into several output streams - natural fertilizer and high-grade compost to build soil fertility, premium animal feed for farmers, and biofuels that reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

The company serves grocery stores, restaurants, food manufacturers, municipalities, hospitals, hospitality and entertainment venues, schools and universities, and agriculture. Its stated objectives include keeping water clean, building soil fertility, reducing landfill and fossil fuel dependence, and making farmers more resilient, framed around a circular-economy model of resource recovery.