Denali

What Denali does

Denali, operating as Denali Water Solutions LLC, is a privately-held organic waste recycling company headquartered in Russellville, Arkansas, that describes itself as America's largest and leading recycler of food and organic materials. The company operates an end-to-end circular economy platform: collecting food waste, used cooking oil, grease trap materials, and biosolids from enterprise customers; depackaging mixed food and packaging using proprietary technology; and processing the recovered organics into a portfolio of renewable products including animal feed, compost, natural fertilizer, biofuels, and industrial soaps/lubricants (under the Enforce Products sub-brand). In 2024, Denali processed 14 billion pounds of organic materials, including 1.7 billion pounds of food waste diverted from landfills, and operated the nation's first mobile food recycling unit launched in 2025.

The company serves a broad vertical mix including grocery/supermarkets, restaurants, municipalities, food manufacturers, hospitality, education, sports and entertainment, healthcare, and agriculture, with multi-year service contracts and dedicated regional sales and billing operations in California, Arizona, and the Carolinas. Go-to-market is primarily enterprise field sales supplemented by inside sales and event-driven lead generation at industry conferences. Denali generates revenue through subscription-based waste collection services and product sales, with consumer-facing ReCirculate compost distributed nationally through Walmart. The corporate structure comprises at least nine wholly-owned subsidiaries (including Organix Recycling, Terra Renewal Services, WeCare Denali, Denali North Carolina, and New Earth), reflecting a roll-up strategy with 2025 acquisitions of Wallace Farm and SMART Recycling extending geographic and operational reach into the Southeast and Carolinas.

Name

Denali

Legal name

Denali Water Solutions LLC

Website

https://denalicorp.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Denali is America's largest organics recycler, collecting food and organic waste from grocery, restaurant, municipal, and food manufacturer clients and converting it into animal feed, compost, natural fertilizer, biofuels, and retail consumer products distributed through Walmart.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organics Recycling and Waste Management Services

NAICS

Compost Manufacturing (325315), Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531), Solid Waste Collection (562111)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Organics Collection & Processing (Composting/Anaerobic Digestion) (IMAIAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organics Pre-Processing & Depackaging (Slurry, Contaminant Removal) (BPALAEAD), Commercial Food Waste Programs & On-Site Solutions (Cafeterias, Grocers, Hospitality) (BPALAEAE), Compost Product Distribution, Retail & Landscape Supply (Bulk/Bagged) (BPALAEAI), Food Waste Reduction & Diversion Services (Donation, Animal Feed, Source Reduction Programs) (EUAIAEAH), Digestate & Compost Product Processing, Marketing & Distribution (Soil Amendments, Mulch) (EUAIAEAE)

Keywords

• Food waste recycling
• Organics recycling services
• Depackaging technology
• Used cooking oil collection
• Natural fertilizer production

Headquarters

HQ city

Russellville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food Waste Collection Services: Collection and recycling services for food waste, used cooking oil, grease trap services, and organic materials from commercial and municipal customers. Services include roll-off dumpster rentals, liquid waste destruction, biosolids management, lagoon and digester cleaning.
2. Product Sales: Sale of recycled products including animal feed, natural fertilizer, compost/soils/mulch, biofuels, and soaps/lubricants derived from processed organic materials.
3. Compost Products - ReCirculate: Consumer-facing compost products sold at retail through Walmart and other retailers. ReCirculate brand made from food waste.
4. Natural Fertilizer: Farmland application of nutrient-rich natural fertilizer converted from organic waste, provided at low cost to farmers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Denali collects food waste and other organic byproducts from commercial and municipal customers, separates food from packaging using its proprietary depackaging technology, and converts the material into animal feed, compost and soils, natural fertilizer, and biofuels. It also sells industrial soaps and lubricants under the Enforce Products brand, and distributes its ReCirculate compost through retail channels including Walmart.

Product overview

Denali is a comprehensive organic recycling company that operates as a platform of services and products centered on converting food waste and organic byproducts into valuable resources. The company offers a portfolio of recycled products including ReCirculate™ branded compost for retail sale, bulk compost/soils/mulch, natural fertilizers, animal feed, and biofuels. Under the Enforce Products sub-brand, Denali also manufactures industrial soaps, lubricants, and related chemical products. Services include food waste collection and recycling, depackaging, used cooking oil collection, grease trap services, DAF skimmings, dewatering, lagoon and digester cleaning, biosolids management, land reclamation, and liquid waste destruction. The company's core differentiator is its end-to-end circular economy approach, transforming discarded organics from food businesses into feed, fuel, and fertilizer products nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ReCirculate: Compost product line made from unsalable foods that would otherwise go to landfills, now available at Walmart and retail stores nationwide.
• Enforce Products

Products and services

• Food Waste Recycling & Depackaging End-to-end food waste recycling service covering collection, depackaging using proprietary technology, and conversion into feed, compost, fertilizer, and biofuel. Used by grocery chains, restaurants, food manufacturers, municipalities, hospitality, education, sports, and healthcare customers.
• Used Cooking Oil Collection Collection of used cooking oil from restaurants and commercial kitchens, recycled into clean-burning biodiesel for the renewable fuel industry.
• Grease Trap Service & Hydro Jetting Grease trap cleaning and hydro jetting service for restaurants and foodservice operators to keep kitchen operations compliant and running.
• DAF Skimmings, Dewatering & Liquid Waste Destruction DAF skimmings, dewatering, and liquid waste destruction services for food processors and manufacturers handling organic residuals and byproducts.
• Biosolids Management Management of municipal biosolids for beneficial reuse, including lagoon and digester cleaning and water removal for municipalities and public-sector waste operators.
• Roll-Off Dumpster Rentals & Palletized Waste Destruction Roll-off dumpster rentals plus palletized waste and liquid destruction services supporting food waste collection and bulk disposal needs of commercial customers.
• Mobile Food Recycling Unit Mobile on-site food recycling and depackaging service using the nation's first mobile food recycling unit, deployed for emergency situations and operational disruptions to recycle unsalable food on-site.
• ReCirculate™ Compost Branded retail compost product made from unsalable foods that would otherwise go to landfills, available at Walmart and other retail stores nationwide for consumer purchase.
• Compost, Soils & Mulch Bulk compost, soils, and mulch produced from recycled organic materials for agricultural and landscaping applications.
• Natural Fertilizer Nutrient-rich soil amendments and natural fertilizers converted from organic residuals, providing a cost-effective alternative to synthetic fertilizers for farmers.
• Animal Feed Recycled food by-products and high-quality feed supplements produced from inedible food for livestock operations and farmers.
• Biofuels Clean-burning biodiesel produced from used cooking oil and animal fats, sold into the renewable fuel industry.
• Enforce Products (Soaps & Lubricants) Industrial soaps, tire mounting lubricants, pipe joint lubricants, bio-asphalt release agents, concrete form release agents, cleaners, paints, dressings, and puncture sealants manufactured from organic materials for the tire industry and construction sectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 billion pounds of organic materials recycled in 2024
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Okapi Environmental ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2026Collaboration at Green Sports Alliance Summit achieving 99.2% diversion rate through onsite services and partnership.
• Green EracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 November 2025Partnership to advance community-driven food recycling in Chicago. Green Era is a community recycler focused on local food waste diversion initiatives.
• SMART RecyclingcoreOthers · 12 November 2025Acquisition of Charleston-based SMART Recycling to expand food waste recycling network in the Carolinas.
• US Composting CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Partnership to support attendance for more than 50 municipalities at COMPOST 2026, expanding access to educational programming and industry discussions.
• Wallace Farm, Inc.coreOthers · 1 May 2025Acquisition of Wallace Farm, Inc., a family-owned composting, soil, and mulch company to expand compost operations in the Southeast.
• NASCARcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 February 2025Partnership as part of NASCAR IMPACT's Sustainability Strategy to recycle food waste at 2025 racing events. Expected to recycle nearly 80,000 pounds of food waste.
• LevycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 February 2025Partnered with NASCAR and Denali to provide food waste recycling services at racing events as part of the sustainability initiative.
• INFRA (Independent Natural Food Retailers Association)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 4 February 2025Partnership to bring food waste recycling to INFRA's purchasing cooperative of nearly 300 independent natural food retailers.
• WalmartcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 27 January 2025ReCirculate compost made from unsalable foods available at Walmart stores across the Southern U.S. with nationwide availability. Walmart's unsold food is transformed into retail-ready compost.
• Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center DallasminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 November 2024Partnership expands the Dallas Convention Center's commitment to sustainability through its 'Good Neighbor' Initiative.
• College of CharlestonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Partnership to divert surplus food from campus, transforming organic materials into nutrient-rich compost for local agriculture and campus sustainability goals. Diverted 1.5 million pounds since 2019.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bioenergy DevCo: Developer and operator of anaerobic digestion facilities that convert food waste into renewable natural gas and soil products. Direct peer because it competes for the same commercial and municipal food waste streams that Denali serves and pursues a similar feedstock-to-multiple-end-products platform strategy.
• Quasar Energy Group: Anaerobic digestion operator that processes food waste and organic residuals into renewable natural gas and compost products. Direct peer because it competes in the same feedstock-to-multi-product conversion space and serves municipal and commercial food waste customers.
• Recology: Employee-owned California-based hauler that runs one of the largest municipal organics collection and composting operations in the U.S. Direct peer because it competes head-to-head with Denali for grocery, restaurant, and municipal organics contracts and converts feedstock into compost and soil products.
• Harvest Power: Organics recycler that uses anaerobic digestion and composting to convert food waste into renewable energy, compost, and soil products for agriculture. Direct peer because it pursues the same circular-economy, multi-product output thesis as Denali and serves grocery, food manufacturing, and municipal customers.
• Atlas Organics: Mid-Atlantic commercial food waste hauler and composter operating regional depackaging and composting facilities. Direct peer because its core business — collecting commercial food waste and converting it into compost — is the same end-to-end model that defines Denali's core service line.
• Natural Upcycling: Southeast U.S. food waste recycler that converts supermarket and food manufacturing organics into animal feed and compost products. Direct peer because it targets the same grocery and food manufacturer customers, runs a similar depackaging-plus-feed-plus-compost model, and has overlapping geographies with Denali's recent Wallace Farm/SMART Recycling expansion.
• Cascade Organics (formerly Cedar Grove): Pacific Northwest commercial and residential food waste composting operator that turns organic feedstock into bagged and bulk compost products. Direct peer because it shares Denali's collection-plus-compost manufacturing model and sells retail compost SKUs into home improvement and grocery channels.

Broad incumbents

• Republic Services: Major U.S. environmental services provider with a Blue Organics Recycling business and an organics processing network. Comparable as a broad incumbent that uses its hauling routes and municipal contracts to compete for the same food waste and organics streams that anchor Denali's business.
• Casella Waste Systems: Regional Northeast-focused solid waste, recycling, and organics hauler with composting and food waste diversion services. Comparable because it operates a vertically integrated collection-to-compost model and competes for the same mid-market and enterprise organics customers in overlapping geographies.
• Waste Management: Largest U.S. solid waste hauler with a growing organics recycling and food waste processing business. Comparable because it offers similar collection-to-processing services and is rapidly expanding into composting and renewable natural gas, competing with Denali for the same grocery, restaurant, and municipal accounts at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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