BHT ReSources

What BHT ReSources does

BHT ReSources (legal name Birmingham Hide & Tallow Co., Inc.) is a privately held, family-owned resource recovery company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, operating across the U.S. Southeast. Founded around 1900 and under Vickers family ownership since the mid-1930s, the company runs three integrated service lines: cooking oil recovery, sustainable rendering, and grease trap solutions. It collects used cooking oil, animal by-products from meat processors and supermarket butcher departments, and grease trap waste from foodservice operators, then processes these feedstocks into animal fats, yellow grease, and protein meal (meat and bone meal) sold to animal feed manufacturers, pet food companies, industrial product producers, and biofuel manufacturers. Geographic reach spans Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, with portions of Arkansas, Kentucky, and Louisiana served, totaling coverage of more than 20 states.

The operating footprint consists of two rendering plants (Bessemer and Montgomery, Alabama), one grease plant (Loxley, Alabama), a corporate headquarters in Birmingham, and six transfer stations across Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee, supported by roughly 120 employees. Core technology is a continuous rendering process that separates fat from raw materials via high-temperature cooking and drying, monitored through defined critical control points; vacuum trucks use See Level brand gauges to measure gallon volumes of waste cooking oil, with start/end meter readings used to derive net collection values. The Bessemer facility holds FSC36 Safe Feed Safe Food certification. BHT also distributes complementary indoor and outdoor equipment (Envicor tanks, Frontline caddies, heavy-duty steel receptacles) and maintains an online cooking-oil theft reporting portal. In April 2019 the company acquired W.B. Riggins Tallow Company.

Revenue is generated entirely through transaction-based streams: market-based rebates on each pound of used cooking oil collected, sales of protein meal to feed manufacturers, sales of animal fats and yellow grease to feed, pet food, industrial, and biofuel buyers, and grease trap service fees. Distribution runs through a direct field-sales model with route trucks on scheduled collections, supported by an in-house customer service team and sales staff servicing restaurants, grocery chains, and commercial foodservice accounts across the Southeast. Marketing relies on direct outreach, industry-association participation (NARA, AFIA, NRA, APPI, Fats & Proteins Research Council), website/online forms, and social media, anchored to a 100+ year brand narrative and the "Original Green Industry" environmental positioning with a stated 7:1 carbon-removal ratio.

Name

BHT ReSources

Legal name

Birmingham Hide & Tallow Co., Inc.

Website

https://bhtonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

BHT ReSources is a family-owned resource recovery company that collects used cooking oil, animal by-products, and grease trap waste from foodservice and grocery operators across the U.S. Southeast, processing them into animal fats, yellow grease, and protein meal for feed, pet food, and biofuel manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rendering and Resource Recovery Services

NAICS

Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (311225), Animal Food Manufacturing (31111)

SIC

Fats & Oils (2070), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Pet Food & Treat Ingredient Inputs (Rendered Meals/Fats, Palatants) (AFANAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Edible Animal Fats Rendering & Refining (Tallow, Lard) (AFAKAEAF), Co-Products & Pet Food Ingredients from Meat (Offal, Trimmings) (AFAKALAI)

Keywords

• Used cooking oil recovery
• Animal rendering services
• Grease trap cleaning
• Fats and proteins
• Food waste recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Cooking Oil Recovery Rebates: BHT provides competitive, market-based rebates on each pound of used cooking oil collected from customers. Customer representatives use regularly updated software to calculate fair, competitive rebates based on volume produced.
2. Protein Meal Sales: Processing of waste products into nutritious, safe protein meal (meat and bone meal) sold to animal feed manufacturers across the Southeast.
3. Fats and Oils Sales: Sales of animal fats, yellow grease, and processed used cooking oil to animal feed manufacturers, pet food companies, industrial product producers, and biofuel manufacturers.
4. Grease Trap Services: Grease trap pumping and cleaning services with regular scheduled maintenance based on customer needs and municipal requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BHT ReSources collects used cooking oil and animal by-products from restaurants, commercial kitchens, supermarkets, and meat processors across the Southeastern United States through scheduled route trucks, and processes these materials at its rendering plants into protein meals (meat and bone meal) and animal fats/yellow grease sold to animal feed, pet food, industrial, and biofuel manufacturers. The company also provides grease trap pumping, cleaning, and maintenance services, and offers related UCO handling equipment such as indoor tanks, transport caddies, and outdoor receptacles.

Product overview

BHT ReSources operates as a resource recovery company offering three core service lines: Cooking Oil Recovery, Sustainable Rendering, and Grease Trap Solutions. The company collects waste cooking oil and animal by-products from restaurants and food processing facilities, processing them into finished products including Fats & Oils (animal fats, yellow grease) and Proteins (meat and bone meal). Additionally, BHT ReSources sells equipment for used cooking oil management including indoor tanks (Envicor ECT), transport caddies, and outdoor receptacles. The company serves customers across the Southeast U.S. with facilities in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cooking Oil Recovery Regularly scheduled collection of used cooking oil from restaurants, commercial kitchens, hotels, and hospitals across the Southeastern United States, with competitive market-based rebates paid to customers per pound of oil collected.
• Sustainable Rendering Collection and processing of animal by-products from poultry, pork, beef, and other processing facilities and supermarkets into fats and protein meals for animal feed, pet food, industrial products, and biofuels.
• Grease Trap Solutions Professional grease trap pumping and cleaning services including FOG removal, solids removal, wall cleaning, and baffle cleaning with regular scheduled maintenance based on customer needs and municipal requirements.
• Fats and Oils High-quality animal fats and yellow grease produced through BHT's continuous rendering process, sold to animal feed manufacturers, pet food companies, industrial product producers, and biofuel manufacturers.
• Proteins (Meat and Bone Meal) Nutritious protein meal produced from rendered animal by-products through BHT's continuous rendering process, sold to animal feed manufacturers across the Southeast.
• Used Cooking Oil Equipment Solutions (Indoor Tanks, Transport Caddies, and Outdoor Receptacles) Equipment offerings for used cooking oil handling including Envicor ECT rotationally molded high-density polyethylene indoor tanks (160 and 240 gallon), Frontline International UCO transport caddies, Envirotub68 indoor under-sink 55 gallon containers, and heavy duty outdoor steel receptacles with heating coils and theft deterrent lids, provided to cooking oil recovery customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7 pounds of carbon removed from environment for every 1 pound emitted by rendering plants
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Envicor Enterprises, LLCcoreTechnology or IntegrationBHT ReSources partners with Envicor Enterprises to offer molded plastic UCO (used cooking oil) tanks for indoor kitchen solutions. Envicor provides patented seamless rotationally molded high-density polyethylene tanks available in 240 gallon and 160 gallon sizes, with turnkey installation and service by Envicor's staff technicians and network of certified contractors.
• Frontline InternationalcoreTechnology or IntegrationBHT offers used cooking oil transport caddies manufactured by Frontline International. These caddies provide a cost-effective alternative to directly piping from fryers to UCO tanks, and are an upgrade option for kitchens currently using traditional outdoor grease bins.
• Network of Trusted Industry PartnersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBHT ReSources utilizes a network of trusted industry partners to function as single point-of-contact for customers with locations outside their primary service area. The company partners exclusively with established service providers and continually assesses performance to ensure high standards.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• American Proteins: Georgia-based rendering company producing protein meals and animal fats for feed and pet food manufacturers. Direct Southeast regional peer to BHT with highly overlapping customer base and end-markets.
• Darling Ingredients: Largest publicly traded rendering company in North America, producing tallow, meat and bone meal, and yellow grease from animal by-products and used cooking oil. Direct competitor to BHT across all three service lines (rendering, UCO collection, fats/oils sales) with national scale advantages.
• SARIA Group: European-headquartered global rendering and fats recycling group with North American operations (SARIA Bio-Industries). Competes with BHT in rendering and UCO collection, particularly relevant for the renewable diesel and oleochemical feedstock business.
• Valley Proteins: Major US rendering company operating across the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Midwest. Closely comparable to BHT in service mix (rendering, UCO collection, grease trap services) and regional footprint, serving many of the same animal feed, pet food, and biofuel end-markets.
• Baker Commodities: Family-owned US rendering company with rendering plants, UCO collection, and grease trap services across the West Coast and select Eastern markets. Closely matches BHT's service mix and customer profile, though regionally weighted differently.

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods: Largest US poultry and meat processor with captive rendering operations producing tallow and protein meals. While vertically integrated rather than a commercial renderer, Tyson competes for the same animal by-product stream and sells into overlapping feed/industrial markets.
• Pilgrim's Pride: Major US poultry processor with integrated rendering that competes for inedible poultry by-products and supplies protein meal to feed markets. Operates as both a potential supplier of rendering inputs and a competitor in the protein meal sales channel.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness giant with substantial animal nutrition and rendering-adjacent operations. Competes indirectly through its animal feed and pet food ingredient business, and serves as a potential M&A buyer or partner for mid-sized renderers like BHT.

Regional players

• West Coast Reduction: Canadian rendering company serving Western Canada with rendering, UCO collection, and finished protein/fat sales. Compares to BHT in service mix but does not directly compete geographically; useful as a regional benchmarking peer.

Emerging players

• Kemin Industries: Animal nutrition ingredient supplier producing specialty fats, palatants, and feed additives for pet food and livestock feed. An adjacent peer that buys rendered fats/proteins as inputs and overlaps with BHT in serving pet food manufacturers, but does not directly compete in rendering collection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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