PHOENIX, AZ - Diverting food waste from landfills is priority No. 1 for the partnership between HelloFresh and Denali. The two recently announced a significant milestone as they successfully repurposed nearly 4 million pounds of food waste in Phoenix, Arizona. The collaboration transforms food waste into valuable products such as compost and animal feed, fostering a circular economy and reducing greenhouse gases released in landfills.

“At HelloFresh, we are on a mission to create a more sustainable food system,” said Jeff Yorzyk, Senior Director of Sustainability, HelloFresh North America. “Denali enables us to repurpose inedible food and instead use it to feed animals and produce compost for gardens and other agricultural needs throughout Arizona. We are committed to further reducing food waste at all our [United States] processing centers and are grateful for partners like IWR and Denali who help us achieve these sustainable practices.”

This unique food waste diversion program began in 2023, focusing on recycling pre-consumer food waste from HelloFresh’s facilities in Goodyear and Phoenix, Arizona. With logistics provided by Innovative Waste Recycling (IWR), Denali’s depackaging machines cleanly separate the food waste from the trash. Denali then transforms the food waste into compost that nourishes farms and gardens in the region, and animal feed that offers local farmers a more sustainable feed option.

By the end of the year, Denali, HelloFresh, and Innovative Waste Recycling will have diverted 4 million pounds of food waste from Phoenix landfills, as we noted earlier. This equates to preventing an estimated 1,307 tons of CO₂ greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere, a release explained, which is comparable to the emissions from driving more than 1.5 million miles in an average gasoline-powered vehicle.

Denali’s operational scale enables the company to recycle organic waste from HelloFresh’s production centers in the Phoenix area. Consumers and shoppers can purchase compost created from food scraps recycled by Denali and HelloFresh in stores around the area.

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