The Full-Circle Solution
That Benefits Everyone

It really is a win-win. Instead of downcycling residuals to the bottom of the food-recovery hierarchy, we extend their usefulness.

Livestock producers gain a high-quality, high-energy nutrition source for their animals—an exceptional, proven alternative to traditional feed components.

Food processors and manufacturers shrink their environmental footprint, meet EPA food-recovery standards, and help drive circular-economy practices throughout the supply chain.

In short, it’s sustainability done right.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is byproduct upcycling in the food industry?

Byproduct upcycling means taking materials that would otherwise be treated as waste and converting them into something of equal or greater value — rather than simply recycling them into lower-grade materials. In the food industry, this typically involves capturing off-spec, expired, or surplus food products and processing them into a productive end use such as livestock feed, compost, or renewable energy. AmpliSource upcycles more than 100 million pounds of food manufacturing byproduct each year, transforming materials that would otherwise go to landfills into high-energy livestock feed and other agricultural resources

AmpliSource upcycles more than 100 million pounds of food manufacturing byproduct annually, diverting it from landfills and returning it to productive use in the food and agricultural supply chain. The environmental equivalent of that diversion includes enough energy savings to heat and cool nearly 1,000 homes, the carbon offset equivalent of more than 16,500 mature trees, and the elimination of more than 4.2 million propane cylinders worth of emissions.

Sending food byproducts to landfill generates methane as organic material decomposes — a greenhouse gas significantly more potent than CO2 in the short term. It also wastes the energy, water, and resources that went into producing those materials in the first place. Diverting those same materials to animal feed keeps nutrients in active use, eliminates landfill tipping fees, reduces transportation-related emissions from long-haul disposal, and supports local agricultural economies. AmpliSource’s annual byproduct diversion efforts are equivalent to taking hundreds of thousands of vehicle miles off the road and preserving nearly 11.5 million gallons of gasoline worth of energy.

Sustainability

Our byproduct diversion efforts have saved:

Enough energy

to heat and cool
nearly 1,000 homes.

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More than 4.2

million propane cylinders.

More than 16,500

mature trees.

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More than 300,000 miles

miles driven by passenger vehicles.

Nearly 11.5 million

gallons of gasoline.

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Enough energy

to heat and cool nearly 1,000 homes.

Sustainability

Our byproduct diversion efforts have saved:

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Enough energy

to heat and cool nearly 1,000 homes.

barrel icon

More than 4.2

million propane cylinders.

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More than 16,500

mature trees.

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More than 300,000 miles

miles driven by passenger vehicles.

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Nearly 11.5 million

gallons of gasoline.

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Enough energy

to heat and cool nearly 1,000 homes.