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Record rains complicate biosolids management on the Front Range Flexibility among farmers and utilities crucial to success For many farmers, the first half of 2023 will be remembered for extremes in precipitation. While snowmelt flooded thousands of acres in California’s Central Valley to bring back historic Lake Tulare, the Midwest’s Corn Belt endured a dry…

How Retailers Can Close the Waste Loop Best practices for stores to become vital links in a more circular economy through retail food waste Across the U.S., thousands of stores sell a wide array of food, plants, and other organic-based products each year. In fact, the average supermarket carries nearly 30,000 items, many of those…

For a more resilient food system, look to nutrient recycling Data suggests cities should look at more than food waste to achieve circularity   Can we, as a society, recycle the nutrients needed to grow our food? Sally Brown explores the question in a new article on BioCycle. Here are some fascinating facts from the…

Denali diverts more than 2 billion pounds of food waste from landfills The milestone highlights one of many key accomplishments outlined in the company’s 2022 ESG report.   Russellville, Ark. – July 20, 2023 – Denali, the nation’s leading full-service organic recycling company, announced today that it has processed and recycled more than 1.4 billion…

Denali Water Solutions recently secured an $18 million contract renewal with the New York City Department of Sanitation to operate three compost facilities, per city records. The contract includes the 33-acre Staten Island Compost Facility on the former Fresh Kills Landfill as well as two smaller facilities in the Bronx and on Rikers Island. “Denali is…

By Adi Talwar and Jeanmarie Evelly . Published April 21, 2023 City Limits takes a multimedia look at how food waste is repurposed at the Department of Sanitation’s 33-acre composting facility in the Fresh Kills section of Staten Island. The site is part of New York City’s effort to operate “the nation’s largest composting program” and limit the climate impacts…