About Us

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Our Story

Denali is an innovative waste disposal and recycling company that is committed to repurposing waste to create value and make our economy more circular.

We have been at the forefront of diverting and converting organic waste streams for more than 25 years and have grown from a single rural Arkansas location to become a near-total solution provider for recurring organic waste streams across the U.S. Our leadership team is made up of some of the most experienced professionals in the industry, and we have an impeccable safety and environmental track record.

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We power the circular economy for organic materials. We’re committed to the founding purpose that guides us: to replenish the earth by repurposing organic byproducts.

We understand the importance of reducing our environmental footprint, and we take care to ensure that our processes are as efficient and sustainable as possible. We’re constantly innovating and exploring new ways to reduce, reuse and recycle materials.

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GROWTH & STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

Growth through acquisitions and a focus on sustainability initiatives have kept us at the top of the organics recycling industry for decades.

Portrait of Andy McNeill

2014

Denali Water Solutions Founded

In 2014 Denali Water Solutions was founded from a spin off from Terra Renewal.

Aerial view of transportation location

2016

Denali Grows Via Major Acquisitions

Denali acquires WeCare Organics then adds two more acquisitions in 2017.

Group of  three transportation trucks

2018

Denali Buys Back Terra Renewal

...a subsidiary of Darling, and completes five more add-on acquisitions.

Man climbing into Denali truck

2019

Denali Continues Integration Efforts

Completes acquisition of Harvest New England and Mid-Atlantic

Large dump truck getting filled with mulch by a tractor

2020

Denali Water Solutions Acquired by TPG Growth

Denali completes add-on acquisitions

Large machine preparing mulch

2021

January 2021 Denali Acquires Madden Brothers

Denali Water Solutions, LLC, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, WeCare Denali, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of Madden Brothers, Inc. compost, mulch, and soil operations

Denali truck picking up food products for recycling

2021

March 2021 Denali Acquires Organix Recycling

Organix provides end-to-end food waste management solutions and matches food waste with sustainable back-end recycling alternatives, such as nutritional livestock feed, nutrient-rich compost, and green energy products like biogas

Hands holding mulch

2021

October 2021 Denali Acquires Swanson Bark

Swanson Bark & Wood operates multiple sites in the Pacific Northwest where they process organic waste to produce high-value mulch and soil products for national lawn & garden companies, retailers, and landscapers

Aerial view of Imperial Western Products

2022

May 2022 Denali Acquires Imperial Western Products

Denali Water Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce that it has acquired Imperial Western Products, Inc., a California-based company that collects organic wastes and converts them into environmentally sustainable products

Phoenix depackaging unit

2024

Denali Launches Depackaging Technology with Walmart

Denali partners with Walmart to launch depackaging services at over 1,400 stores and Sam’s Clubs locations in more than 16 markets as part of nationwide rollout.

Bag of Recirculate Sustainable Compost

2024

Denali Introduces ReCirculate™

Made from unsold food collected from grocery stores, this high-quality compost demonstrates the circular economy in action as grocers can leverage their unsold food into a revenue-generating product that benefits the environment. Walmart sells ReCirculate at more than 600 stores nationwide.

Bird's eye view of Wallace Farms

2025

Denali Acquires Wallace Farm

A family-owned composting, soil, and mulch products company operating two large- scale facilities in North Carolina. The acquisition strengthens Denali’s large and growing organic collection and composting operations in the Southeast.

Mobile depackaging unit

2025

Denali Announces Nation’s First Mobile Depackaging Unit

Innovative depackaging unit enables rapid on-site recycling of unsalable food during operational disruptions, such as power outages or natural disasters. Mobility provides immediate landfill diversion for grocers and food distributors.

Smart recycling trucks in front of field

2025

Denali Acquires SMART Recycling

A Charleston-based company providing unsold food collection and recycling services for customers across South Carolina and North Carolina. This acquisition reinforces Denali’s position as the leading provider of sustainable food recycling solutions across the Carolinas.

Denali Employees
Our Team

Our team consists of professionals with hundreds of years of combined experience in the waste management industry.

We specialize in residual management, composting, land application, transportation, animal feed, biodiesel production, environmental permitting, dredging, dewatering, Class A processing, lime stabilization, drying and many other services.

Are you looking for the next step in your career?

Join the Denali team! Check out all current career openings at the link below.

America’s leaders in food and organics waste recycling

For over 40 years, Denali has been on a mission to replenish the earth by repurposing waste. As the nation’s largest and most trusted organics recycling company, our work is essential to keeping drinking water clean, redirecting organics from landfills, building soil fertility, helping farmers be more resilient, and reducing reliance on fossil fuels. Our services and renewable products touch thousands of acres, hundreds of communities, millions of tons of organic materials, and nearly every person who purchases and consumes food in the U.S.

Denali by the numbers

Our national reach and operational scale allow us to deliver reliable, right-sized solutions across the country.

40+

Years in operation

13,000+

Customers served nationwide

45+

Depackaging units active across the country

200

Partners

97%

of materials managed by Denali are recycled into new products.

48

states + Puerto Rico

7.4M

tons of organics managed in 2025

Why Denali?

It's more than just recycling.

Discover the Denali Difference and see how our end-to-end services are designed to support your business.

Nationwide reach, regional expertise

We provide unmatched national scale backed by local boots-on-the-ground support. Our coverage spans every major metro and rural corridor, so your facilities are never left without service.

Service excellence

We maintain a relentless commitment to responsive, reliable service that directly solves your team's on-site labor and operational challenges — backed by verifiable data and accessible digital dashboards.

Tech-driven innovation

We utilize leading-edge depackaging and organic processing systems to maximize the volume of food waste redirected from landfills — from automated packaged material separation to real-time reporting.

Real operational savings 

By moving your organics management into a single-partner program, we deliver immediate value through reductions in hauling costs and hours saved in operational labor.

Our story over time

Growth through strategic acquisitions and a focus on sustainability initiatives and innovation have kept us at the top of the organics recycling industry for decades.

  1. Smart recycling trucks in front of field

    2025

    Denali Acquires SMART Recycling

    A Charleston-based company providing unsold food collection and recycling services for customers across South Carolina and North Carolina. This acquisition reinforces Denali’s position as the leading provider of sustainable food recycling solutions across the Carolinas.

  2. Mobile depackaging unit

    2025

    Denali Announces Nation’s First Mobile Depackaging Unit

    Innovative depackaging unit enables rapid on-site recycling of unsalable food during operational disruptions, such as power outages or natural disasters. Mobility provides immediate landfill diversion for grocers and food distributors.

  3. Bird's eye view of Wallace Farms

    2025

    Denali Acquires Wallace Farm

    A family-owned composting, soil, and mulch products company operating two large- scale facilities in North Carolina. The acquisition strengthens Denali’s large and growing organic collection and composting operations in the Southeast.

  4. Bag of Recirculate Sustainable Compost

    2024

    Denali Introduces ReCirculate™

    Made from unsold food collected from grocery stores, this high-quality compost demonstrates the circular economy in action as grocers can leverage their unsold food into a revenue-generating product that benefits the environment. Walmart sells ReCirculate at more than 600 stores nationwide.

  5. Phoenix depackaging unit

    2024

    Denali Launches Depackaging Technology with Walmart

    Denali partners with Walmart to launch depackaging services at over 1,400 stores and Sam’s Clubs locations in more than 16 markets as part of nationwide rollout.

  6. Aerial view of Imperial Western Products

    2022

    May 2022 Denali Acquires Imperial Western Products

    Denali Water Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce that it has acquired Imperial Western Products, Inc., a California-based company that collects organic wastes and converts them into environmentally sustainable products

  7. Hands holding mulch

    2021

    October 2021 Denali Acquires Swanson Bark

    Swanson Bark & Wood operates multiple sites in the Pacific Northwest where they process organic waste to produce high-value mulch and soil products for national lawn & garden companies, retailers, and landscapers

  8. Denali truck picking up food products for recycling

    2021

    March 2021 Denali Acquires Organix Recycling

    Organix provides end-to-end food waste management solutions and matches food waste with sustainable back-end recycling alternatives, such as nutritional livestock feed, nutrient-rich compost, and green energy products like biogas

  9. Large machine preparing mulch

    2021

    January 2021 Denali Acquires Madden Brothers

    Denali Water Solutions, LLC, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, WeCare Denali, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of Madden Brothers, Inc. compost, mulch, and soil operations

  10. Large dump truck getting filled with mulch by a tractor

    2020

    Denali Water Solutions Acquired by TPG Growth

    Denali completes add-on acquisitions

  11. Man climbing into Denali truck

    2019

    Denali Continues Integration Efforts

    Completes acquisition of Harvest New England and Mid-Atlantic

  12. Group of  three transportation trucks

    2018

    Denali Buys Back Terra Renewal

    ...a subsidiary of Darling, and completes five more add-on acquisitions.

  13. Aerial view of transportation location

    2016

    Denali Grows Via Major Acquisitions

    Denali acquires WeCare Organics then adds two more acquisitions in 2017.

  14. Portrait of Andy McNeill

    2014

    Denali Water Solutions Founded

    In 2014 Denali Water Solutions was founded from a spin off from Terra Renewal.

Our story over time

Growth through strategic acquisitions and a focus on sustainability initiatives and innovation have kept us at the top of the organics recycling industry for decades.

Smart recycling trucks in front of field

2025

Denali Acquires SMART Recycling

A Charleston-based company providing unsold food collection and recycling services for customers across South Carolina and North Carolina. This acquisition reinforces Denali’s position as the leading provider of sustainable food recycling solutions across the Carolinas.

Mobile depackaging unit

2025

Denali Announces Nation’s First Mobile Depackaging Unit

Innovative depackaging unit enables rapid on-site recycling of unsalable food during operational disruptions, such as power outages or natural disasters. Mobility provides immediate landfill diversion for grocers and food distributors.

Bird's eye view of Wallace Farms

2025

Denali Acquires Wallace Farm

A family-owned composting, soil, and mulch products company operating two large- scale facilities in North Carolina. The acquisition strengthens Denali’s large and growing organic collection and composting operations in the Southeast.

Bag of Recirculate Sustainable Compost

2024

Denali Introduces ReCirculate™

Made from unsold food collected from grocery stores, this high-quality compost demonstrates the circular economy in action as grocers can leverage their unsold food into a revenue-generating product that benefits the environment. Walmart sells ReCirculate at more than 600 stores nationwide.

Phoenix depackaging unit

2024

Denali Launches Depackaging Technology with Walmart

Denali partners with Walmart to launch depackaging services at over 1,400 stores and Sam’s Clubs locations in more than 16 markets as part of nationwide rollout.

Aerial view of Imperial Western Products

2022

May 2022 Denali Acquires Imperial Western Products

Denali Water Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce that it has acquired Imperial Western Products, Inc., a California-based company that collects organic wastes and converts them into environmentally sustainable products

Hands holding mulch

2021

October 2021 Denali Acquires Swanson Bark

Swanson Bark & Wood operates multiple sites in the Pacific Northwest where they process organic waste to produce high-value mulch and soil products for national lawn & garden companies, retailers, and landscapers

Denali truck picking up food products for recycling

2021

March 2021 Denali Acquires Organix Recycling

Organix provides end-to-end food waste management solutions and matches food waste with sustainable back-end recycling alternatives, such as nutritional livestock feed, nutrient-rich compost, and green energy products like biogas

Large machine preparing mulch

2021

January 2021 Denali Acquires Madden Brothers

Denali Water Solutions, LLC, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, WeCare Denali, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of Madden Brothers, Inc. compost, mulch, and soil operations

Large dump truck getting filled with mulch by a tractor

2020

Denali Water Solutions Acquired by TPG Growth

Denali completes add-on acquisitions

Man climbing into Denali truck

2019

Denali Continues Integration Efforts

Completes acquisition of Harvest New England and Mid-Atlantic

Group of  three transportation trucks

2018

Denali Buys Back Terra Renewal

...a subsidiary of Darling, and completes five more add-on acquisitions.

Aerial view of transportation location

2016

Denali Grows Via Major Acquisitions

Denali acquires WeCare Organics then adds two more acquisitions in 2017.

Portrait of Andy McNeill

2014

Denali Water Solutions Founded

In 2014 Denali Water Solutions was founded from a spin off from Terra Renewal.

Explore our impact

Dive deeper into our specialized programs and see how we are driving sustainable change across the country.

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Sustainability

Powering the circular economy

See our progress in powering the circular economy. View our latest sustainability reporting, impact metrics, and diversion milestones — then see how your program contributes to the bigger picture.

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Partnership

Feed it onward

Learn about our proud partnership with the EPA to champion organic recycling. Feed It Onward showcases our collaborative efforts to divert food from landfills and deliver it where it matters most.

Denali insights

Ready to reach your sustainability goals?

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