RE:CIRCLE Solutions Transforms Food Waste into High-Value Animal Feed with Scientific Precision

Clemens Stockreiter, Founder and CEO of RE:CIRCLE Solutions, has articulated a transformative vision for organic waste management that fundamentally reimagines traditional approaches. The company's Ontario facility operates as what Stockreiter describes as an industrial nutrition facility rather than a conventional recycling plant, staffed with PhD nutrition scientists who analyze every inbound shipment to determine optimal feed formulations.

Traditional waste management companies focus on disposal – getting waste from point A to point B and into landfills or basic composting operations. RE:CIRCLE has developed a model that extracts maximum nutritional value from pre-consumer food waste before it ever reaches consumers. The company currently handles 100 tons per day of pre-consumer waste from grocers and food processors, transforming these waste streams into high-value animal feed products that provide reliable nutrition for livestock while significantly reducing carbon emissions.

The company's TraceOS system provides full traceability for organic waste streams, offering the auditable documentation that California's SB 1383 requires. This technology tracks complete documentation of inbound and outbound weights plus real-time calculation of emissions avoided for every shipment. For companies like major retailers, this represents more than just compliance – it provides competitive advantage by demonstrating exactly how much waste has been diverted from landfills and quantifying carbon impact reduction. The system tracks total emissions avoided for each shipment, giving clients concrete data for their sustainability reporting, such as showing CO₂-equivalent avoided per ton of diverted waste.

RE:CIRCLE's scientific approach involves nutrition scientists reviewing every inbound shipment and analyzing nutritional composition to determine optimal feed formulations. The company deals with constant variability – seasonal differences in produce availability and varying waste streams from different grocery chains and food processors. The team creates customized blends for cattle, swine, and anaerobic digestion applications based on specific nutritional profiles of received materials. Currently producing two main feed blend types with several proprietary formulations in development, including liquid blends, the company applies precision nutrition to waste streams to maximize nutritional value while ensuring consistent, high-quality output.

The company's expansion strategy focuses on perfecting its scalable model in California before expanding elsewhere. The Ontario facility was designed with replication in mind, already having a second depackaging line ready to deploy once appropriate partnerships are secured. Stockreiter describes the approach as copy and paste scalability, with California's substantial market supporting multiple facilities, especially with SB 1383 driving demand. The company is evaluating strategic locations that can serve major retail and food processing clusters while maintaining its high-touch, scientific approach to waste transformation.

RE:CIRCLE's model contributes to the broader circular economy by repurposing waste into new products with measurable nutritional and environmental value. Unlike composting and anaerobic digestion, which often represent the end of the line for waste streams, RE:CIRCLE's approach keeps organic resources in play at their highest possible value. This creates precision feed blends that directly reduce the need for traditional agricultural inputs, cutting emissions on two fronts: preventing methane from landfills and displacing carbon-intensive feed production. For companies rethinking sustainability strategies, the business case involves value creation versus cost management, transforming organic waste from a cost center into a revenue-generating asset while delivering superior environmental outcomes through their platform at https://recirclesolutions.com.