Darling Ingredients' Nature Safe Brand Innovates Organic Fertilizer Preventing Millions of Pounds in Landfills
Darling Ingredients has introduced a new organic fertilizer under its Nature Safe brand, which will prevent 39 million pounds of organic waste annually from reaching landfills. Developed over 17 months and launched in September 2020, the fertilizer repurposes 778,000 pounds of bone chips weekly from its Ravenna, Nebraska pet food facility. The initiative aims to enhance the circular economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to sustainable agriculture and bioenergy.
- Prevents 39 million pounds of organic waste from landfills annually.
- Repurposes 778,000 pounds of bone chips weekly, adding value to waste.
- Supports sustainable agriculture and bioenergy efforts.
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IRVING, Texas, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The release of Nature Safe's new organic fertilizer will prevent 39 million pounds per year of organic waste from going to landfills. Brought online in September 2020 after 17-months of development, this fertilizer repurposes the bone chips recovered from Darling's Wet Pet Food facility located in Ravenna, Nebraska. By increasing the number of sources for nutrition, Darling can add more value to the circular economy, further protect the food chain, and build upon its promise for a better tomorrow with applications for health, nutrients and bioenergy.
Darling Ingredients, parent company of Nature Safe, has recovered organic material from the food and agriculture industries for over 138 years. This service has allowed continued production in these industries and provided nutrient-rich material to produce food, feed and fuel ingredients. Nature Safe's new organic fertilizer continues this tradition of food production while providing a sustainable purpose for the 778,000 pounds of bone chips recovered from the pet food industry each week. To learn more about our line of organic fertilizer visit https://www.naturesafe.com.
"Not only do these all-natural nutrients make for a much richer organic fertilizer, the process itself prevents millions of pounds of waste from reaching landfills and countless greenhouse gasses from damaging our planet," said Mike Manning, VP of Organic Fertilizer and Innovation. "Nature Safe is proud of its recent ingenuity and the fact that we are now helping people and the planet two-fold."
About Darling
Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) is one of the world's leading producers of organic ingredients, producing a wide array of sustainable protein and fat products while being one of the largest producers of renewable clean energy. With operations on five continents, Darling collects waste streams from the agri-food industry, repurposing into specialty ingredients, such as hydrolyzed collagen, edible and feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, fuel feedstocks, and green bioenergy. The Company sells its products around the globe and works to strengthen our promise for a better tomorrow, creating product applications for health, nutrients and bioenergy while optimizing our services to the food chain. Darling is a
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