What Wasatch Resource Recovery does

Wasatch Resource Recovery (WRR) operates Utah's first and only anaerobic digester dedicated to food waste diversion, located in North Salt Lake adjacent to the South Davis Sewer District's South Plant wastewater treatment facility. The firm is structured as a public-private partnership between ALPRO Energy & Water (private partner managing feedstock supply and energy/fertilizer offtakes) and South Davis Sewer District (public partner operating the facility); GE-Monsal supplies the core de-packaging and digestion equipment. Operations commenced in February 2019 with two 2.5-million-gallon anaerobic digesters and the firm has stated plans for a third and fourth unit to roughly double capacity.

The technology platform converts organic waste — including food scraps, packaged food, brewery and food-manufacturing byproducts, fats/oils/grease, and residential household food waste — into two salable outputs: pipeline-grade renewable natural gas (biomethane) and bio-based fertilizer. Pre-processing uses grinding, secondary-water liquefaction, and rotating-screen contaminant removal (tolerating up to 7-8% contamination by weight), followed by heated anaerobic digestion that captures biogas for purification. RNG output is sized to supply approximately 40,000 people or 15,000 homes.

WRR generates revenue from four streams: commercial tipping fees (priced approximately 66% below typical Wasatch Front landfill rates), sales of renewable natural gas, sales of bio-based fertilizer, and environmental credits (carbon offsets, RECs, RINs). Customers span enterprise grocery (Harmons), food manufacturing (Oatly), breweries (Squatters/Wasatch, Fisher), food e-commerce (Misfits Market), healthcare (Intermountain Healthcare), and a growing residential drop-off segment. Distribution is facilities-based: customers self-deliver or use third-party haulers such as Momentum Recycling, with a free public drop-off serving households.

Name

Wasatch Resource Recovery

Legal name

Wasatch Resource Recovery

Website

https://wasatchresourcerecovery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wasatch Resource Recovery operates Utah's only anaerobic digester for food waste, converting commercial and residential organic waste into renewable natural gas and bio-based fertilizer via tipping fees, gas/fertilizer sales, and environmental credits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Waste Processing Services

NAICS

Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Solid Waste Collection (562111)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Anaerobic Digestion (AD) & Biogas/RNG Production (Organics Feedstocks) (BPALAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Food Waste-to-Energy (Organic Waste AD & Thermal) (EUACAIAH)

Keywords

• Anaerobic digestion services
• Food waste processing
• Renewable natural gas
• Bio-based fertilizer
• Organic waste management

Headquarters

HQ city

North Salt Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tipping Fees: Businesses pay tipping fees to dispose of food waste at the facility. Fees are reportedly 66% lower than typical landfill fees, providing cost savings for businesses while generating revenue for WRR.
2. Renewable Natural Gas Sales: Biogas is captured and purified into biomethane (renewable natural gas) and sold into the market as renewable 'green' power. WRR supplies enough natural gas for approximately 40,000 people or 15,000 homes.
3. Bio-based Fertilizer Sales: The remaining product after digestion is a nutrient-rich, carbon-based fertilizer used to grow crops, which is sold as a product output.
4. Carbon Offsets and Environmental Credits: The project is eligible for carbon offsets or credits, renewable energy credits (RECs), and renewable identification numbers (RINS).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Wasatch Resource Recovery operates Utah's first and only anaerobic digestion facility dedicated to food waste diversion, processing organic waste (food scraps, liquid waste, packaged food, fats/oils/grease, and manufacturing byproducts) from commercial and residential sources into two outputs: pipeline-grade renewable natural gas (biomethane) and nutrient-rich bio-based fertilizer. The company charges tipping fees to commercial waste generators (priced approximately 66% below typical landfill rates) and sells the resulting RNG and fertilizer into the renewable energy and agricultural markets.

Product overview

Wasatch Resource Recovery operates as a single unified facility offering anaerobic digestion services to convert organic food waste into two primary products: Renewable Natural Gas (RNG/biomethane) and Bio-based Fertilizer. The company provides a complete waste processing service that accepts food scraps, liquid waste, FOG (fats, oils, and grease), and manufacturing food waste from commercial businesses. Services include commercial collection coordination, residential public drop-off, and multi-step processing through grinding, liquefaction, screening, and anaerobic digestion. The facility operates two anaerobic digesters with a capacity of 2.5 million gallons each.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) / Biomethane Biogas captured from anaerobic digestion is purified into pipeline-grade biomethane (renewable natural gas) and sold into the renewable energy market, supplying enough natural gas for approximately 40,000 people or 15,000 homes.
• Bio-based Fertilizer Nutrient-rich, carbon-based digestate byproduct of anaerobic digestion used to grow crops and sold as a fertilizer product output.
• Anaerobic Digestion Processing Service Core waste processing service: Utah's first and only anaerobic digester dedicated to food waste diversion, processing organic waste (food scraps, liquid waste, manufacturing food waste, FOG) through grinding, liquefaction, screening, and microbial digestion. Charges commercial tipping fees approximately 66% below typical landfill rates.
• Residential Public Food Waste Drop-Off Free public drop-off service for household food waste (fruit, vegetables, grains, coffee grounds, cheese, meat, pet food, leftovers, eggs, butter/oils) at the North Salt Lake facility, Monday-Friday 7am-5pm, Saturday 7am-3pm. Free for loads under 15 gallons.
• Commercial Food Waste Collection Coordination Service Collection coordination service for businesses (restaurants, grocery stores, hotels, caterers, breweries, food processing plants, cafeterias, hospitals) to divert packaged and unpackaged food waste via WRR's hauler network (including Momentum Recycling) or via direct business drop-off at the facility.

Quantifiable outcome

• Tipping fees 66% lower than typical landfill fees for participating businesses
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Momentum RecyclingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 November 2018Hauling partner for food waste collection. Works with Intermountain Healthcare and other commercial customers to collect and deliver food waste to WRR. Also conducting residential food waste pickup pilot in Liberty Wells neighborhood with up to 100 households.
• ALPRO Energy & WatercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerALPRO Energy & Water is the private partner in the public-private partnership with South Davis Sewer District. ALPRO manages the feedstock and the energy and fertilizer offtakes. The facility was designed in partnership with ALPRO.
• South Davis Sewer DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSouth Davis Sewer District (SDSD) is the public partner in the public-private partnership with ALPRO Energy & Water. The WRR facility is sited next to SDSD's existing South Plant wastewater treatment facility. SDSD operates the WRR facility.
• Intermountain HealthcareminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvided grant funds to implement a pilot program for residential food waste pickup. Major commercial customer diverting food waste to WRR since November 2018.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Clean Energy Fuels: Largest U.S. provider of renewable natural gas for transportation, operating a nationwide RNG fueling network. Larger and broader portfolio than WRR, but overlapping in RNG offtake economics and credit monetization.
• Waste Management (WM): Largest U.S. solid waste and recycling services provider, with growing organics-processing capabilities including anaerobic digestion. Competes indirectly through landfill pricing and organics hauling contracts in the Wasatch Front market.
• Republic Services: Major U.S. environmental services provider with an organics recycling business line that competes for commercial food-waste streams. Comparable customer overlap (grocers, food manufacturers) but at national scale.
• Veolia North America (Organics): Operates municipal and industrial organics recovery infrastructure, including anaerobic digestion, across multiple U.S. markets. Larger, multi-site operator with comparable AD/RNG technology and customer base.

Direct peers

• Vanguard Renewables: Operates farm-based and food-waste anaerobic digestion facilities producing renewable natural gas across the Northeastern U.S. Closely mirrors Wasatch Resource Recovery's model of tipping-fee-funded food-waste AD with RNG offtake, although at multi-site scale.
• Quantum Biopower: Canadian operator of an anaerobic digestion facility that converts source-separated organic waste into renewable natural gas and digestate. Closely analogous single-site AD with RNG-to-pipeline economics.
• AgriReNew: Develops and operates anaerobic digestion facilities converting food waste and agricultural residuals into renewable natural gas and fertilizer. Comparable AD + RNG + digestate monetization stack.
• Brightmark Energy: Develops and operates anaerobic digestion projects that convert food waste and dairy manure into renewable natural gas. Highly comparable technology stack and RNG-of-take business model to Wasatch Resource Recovery.
• Bioenergy DevCo: Designs, builds, and operates anaerobic digestion facilities that process food waste into renewable energy and soil products. Directly comparable single-facility food-waste AD economics and public-private partnership orientation.
• Atlas Organics: Operates organics recycling and composting/AD infrastructure, processing commercial and residential food waste streams into soil products and biogas. Comparable horizontal organics-processing model, primarily operating in the U.S. Southeast.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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