Denali compost available at Walmart

Russellville, Arkansas-based Denali, an organics diversion and processing firm with nationwide operations, says its ReCirculate compost product made from unconsumed food sourced from thousands of grocery stores now is available at more than 100 Walmart locations in eight states in the United States South.

Denali expects ReCirculate packaged in 1-cubic-foot bags to be available in more than 600 Walmart stores nationwide by April, “just in time for the height of the spring planting season.”

To produce ReCirculate, Denali partners with retailers, including Walmart, to process unsalable food with its depackaging technology, separating organic food from its packaging and converting into salable products such as compost, soil, fertilizer and renewable energy.

“The ReCirculate product is a perfect example of Walmart’s circular business models and how we make the most of our resources,” says RJ Zanes, Walmart vice president of facility services. “We’re taking unsalable merchandise and repurposing it into a different product we can sell on our shelves, benefitting our business, our customers and the planet.”

Denali says repurposing unconsumed food also helps fight climate change by diverting organic material from methane-emitting landfills and returning nutrients to the agriculture and horticulture sectors, adding that its services and products “touch thousands of acres, hundreds of locales, millions of tons of material, and nearly every person who purchases and consumes food in the U.S.”

“At Denali, we’re on a mission to harness the potential of organic waste and ReCirculate is an example of how we can do that. ReCirculate will leverage the nutrients in organic food waste to help build sustainable green spaces, landscaping, gardens, flower beds and more, all while powering a fully circular economy," Denali Chief Revenue Officer Eric Speiser says.