From Collection to Recycling: Full-Scale Food Waste Recycling Solutions

For the past 30 years, we’ve provided end-to-end food and beverage waste management solutions, including farm waste disposal, commercial food waste collection, disposal, recycling, and upcycling. Staying committed to providing innovative food waste management systems, we ensure environmentally friendly practices throughout the process.

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Why Choose Shapiro as Your Food Waste Recycling Services Partner

Our Mission and Vision

Committed to Landfill Diversion
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Zero-Waste Culture
Sustainable Organic Waste Solutions
Preventing Climate Change

Our Journey as a Leading Food Waste Company

As a company, we’ve always been committed to sustainability. Making our planet a better place and giving it more than we take has been our passion and motivation for over 15 years.

As a secondary goal, we’ve always devoted ourselves to making it as easy as possible to be sustainable. That’s why we house 200+ processing plants across the country and handle the logistics of commercial food waste disposal for companies like yours.

Shapiro in Numbers

15+ years in the industry
Diverted 1 billion+ pounds of organic waste from landfills
Managed the destruction of over half a million tons of food waste

Integrated Food Waste Recycling Solutions Across All Sectors

Commercial food and beverage waste is a growing problem in the United States, with an estimated 30-40% of food wasted yearly. This waste contributes to climate change, water pollution, and habitat degradation.

Fortunately, we provide commercial food waste recycling services for all types of businesses that want to recycle their waste and reach zero waste to landfill.

From food waste in supermarkets and storage facilities to packaged products and by-products, we handle the collection, disposal, recycling, and upcycling of commercial food waste systems in a variety of industries.

Food waste recycling solutions for supermarkets

When it comes to commercial food waste, supermarkets are a major culprit due to constant food recalls and expired products. Our food waste company specializes in commercial food waste collection services tailored for supermarkets.

We collect food waste from supermarkets and transport it to a suitable recycling facility, where we’ll process it into compost, animal feed, biofuel, or fertilizer, utilizing advanced food waste recycling solutions.

Food distributors, haulers, and storage facilities

The amount of food wasted in hotels is growing year on year. As the world’s population grows and more people move to urban areas, the waste generated by hotels is likely to increase.

With the right food waste management solutions, food distributors, haulers, and storage facility chains can reduce food waste and save money.

Industrial / Commercial Food Waste Recycling

Unfortunately, food waste is an inescapable byproduct of commercial and industrial businesses.

However, our food waste recycling services offer a sustainable solution that helps companies reduce their environmental impact and save money by providing efficient commercial food waste recycling services.

Food processing waste disposal

Food process waste includes all sorts of food scraps and scraps from food production, including bakery, fruit, vegetable, meat, fish, and poultry products. Some of these types of food waste generally have higher water content, so they require special treatment for recycling.

Our food waste management system addresses these challenges, offering specialized disposal solutions for food processing waste.

Packaged Products

Around 30,000 tons of packaging and containers are sent to landfills in the US each year. Shapiro provides comprehensive food waste recycling services, including recycling solutions for packaged products.

We enable you to recycle packaging materials in a convenient manner, contributing to environmental preservation.

By-product recycling

Food by-products are materials created during the manufacturing process and can be recycled for their raw material value. This is a common method for recycling organic waste materials.

Our food waste recycling solutions encompass efficient by-product recycling, promoting sustainability in food production processes.

Looking to recycle food waste at your company?

What are the benefits of food waste recycling?

There are numerous benefits for both the environment and your organization when it comes to commercial food waste recycling solutions:

Save money

Minimize your carbon footprint

Generate renewable energy

Meet your legal duties

Boost your organization’s reputation

Our Process - Food Waste Recycling Services from A to Z

As one of the leading food waste companies, we want to give you the best possible experience of waste management – from collection and disposal to recycling and upcycling.

We offer streamlined, cost-saving food waste management solutions to turn your food scraps into energy, compost, and other benefitable reuses. Our solutions not only protect the environment—they also help you meet your sustainability goals while reducing your bottom line.

Step 1 - Establishing your needs

Upon receiving your request, one of our team members will reach out to you. We will ask you to fill out a brief questionnaire about your business’s specific needs to be able to craft a custom food waste management system for your brand.

Step 2 - Arrange for Collection

When working with Shapiro, you won’t have to worry about logistics. Our team of dedicated commercial food waste recycling experts will pick up your food waste on the agreed-upon days and times that suit you.

Step 3 – The waste is safely processed

Once we collect your food waste, we then transport it to one of our 200+ processing plants where we employ advanced food waste recycling solutions. Your waste will be recycled into recycling solutions such as but not limited to compost, energy, animal feed, biogas, or fertilizer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Food Waste Recycling?

Food waste recycling is the process of recovering materials from food waste to use in new products or to make better use of waste-to-energy technologies. It plays an important role in reducing pollution by keeping organic materials out of landfills and incinerators, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The process involves separating inorganic and organic waste materials, followed by the generation of compost, fertilizer, animal feed, or biogas from food waste. It can even be used for producing energy through anaerobic digestion.

Can your service handle large volumes of commercial food waste?

At Shapiro, we specialize in commercial food waste management systems for mid to large-sized businesses. Having managed the destruction of over 530,000 tons of food waste to date, we have the capacity and expertise to handle very large volumes of waste – from collection and disposal to recycling and upcycling.

What happens to the recycled food waste products?

Everything starts with the logistics of collecting your food waste. After we collect your waste, we transport it to one of our 200+ processing factories across the country. At the plants, the waste is recycled into compost, energy, animal feed, fertilizer, biogas, and more.

Do you offer services for special events or seasonal operations?

Flexibility and adaptability are valued highly at Shapiro. That’s why we offer tailored food waste management solutions for seasonal operations and large events. Get in touch to learn about our custom solutions directly from our experts.

Can you customize food waste recycling programs to fit specific business needs?

Every business is different and requires different solutions. That’s why we work separately with each of our clients to design a custom program for commercial food waste recycling. This way, both you and the planet will benefit.

How does food waste recycling help reduce my business' carbon footprint?

Commercial food waste recycling is one of the biggest contributors to reducing your business’s carbon footprint. When you choose to invest in sustainability and helping the planet, you are helping:

Divert organic waste from landfills
Prevent the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere
Recycle food waste into compost or renewable energy
Much more

If you’re considering implementing food waste recycling solutions into your company, don’t hesitate to get in touch. Let’s mitigate climate change and promote sustainability together.

Where do you operate?

With over 200 processing plants across the US, we provide service across the country. Providing our food waste recycling services outside of North America may be a possibility depending on your location. Don’t hesitate to give us a call or text us at 866-997-3292 for more information.

How quickly can you provide your service?

It usually takes us just 1 business day to provide our food waste recycling solutions. The timeline depends on your location and waste stream. Get in touch for an estimate on when we can come pick up your waste.

Do you provide residential service?

Unfortunately, our recycling service only extends to industrial customers and mid to large-sized businesses.

Are you a trash hauler?

Shapiro is a commercial and food waste recycling company. Unfortunately, we do not provide a trash hauling service.

Do you provide witness destruction or photos of destruction?

Yes, that can definitely be arranged. If you are looking for proof of destruction of the waste we’ve recycled, please contact us to discuss the details.

Do you accept credit card payments?

Yes, we accept credit card payments. However, a processing fee will be charged. Please contact us for further details.

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