News Career Contact FR ABOUT COMMITMENTS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OUR LOCATIONS Home > About > An indispensable service TRANSFORM YOUR CAREER Rendering: a traditional, essential “recycling” method In North America, only half of what is produced by the livestock industry ends up on our plates. Slaughterhouses, butcher shops, food processing plants, and even supermarkets are left with huge quantities of organic products that will never be consumed. So, what happens to these leftovers? That’s exactly where companies like Sanimax come in! Rendering companies play an important role in the communities they serve. How? By reclaiming and repurposing more than 2 million tons of organic materials every year. By offering the greenest possible option for treating agri-food industry by-products. By respecting our planet’s limits. By taking the pressure off landfills, which would quickly become overwhelmed without these mass transformation sites. By generating five times fewer greenhouse gas emissions compared to sending organic materials to a landfill. A by-products journey inside Sanimax What happens to the materials that arrive at our facilities before they return to market? This short clip makes it easy to understand! At Sanimax, we are proud to transform it all Creating value in new ways: that’s what the circular economy is all about. With this principle as our guide, we repurpose more than 2 million tons of organic remains every year. The benefits include much less waste thrown into landfills and lots of everyday items being manufactured with renewed materials. Driving your car, painting your house, feeding livestock… Our value-added ingredients can be found in a number of everyday tasks. Discover our values Rendering: an impactful recycling process In North America, half of what is created by the livestock industry does not make it to our plates. Sanimax reclaims what’s left over. In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, rendering is the equivalent of taking more than 12,000,000 cars out of circulation each year in the United States and Canada. Rendering: the eco-friendly option Transporting visibly unusable organic residues to modern facilities, then transforming it into new ingredients, is an environmentally friendly way to dispose of these materials. Studies* have shown that the associated greenhouse gas emissions are much lower than other potential solutions. Comparing greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) for 1,000kg of meat by-products Rendering industry Industrial composting Anaerobic digestion Frequently asked questions What is the circular economy? What is rendering? What kinds of by-products does Sanimax reclaim? Does Sanimax care for surrounding communities? Why do Sanimax facilities release an odour sometimes? What kinds of value-added ingredients does Sanimax produce? What kinds of commonly-used items are made using Sanimax’s ingredients? Does Sanimax pollute? Why not bury waste instead of transforming it? *Source: Gooding, C. and D. Meeker. 2016. Review: Comparison of 3 alternatives for large-scale processing of animal carcasses and meat by-products. Prof. Ani. Sci. (Vol. 32, Issue 3, p259–270) NEWS CAREER CONTACT Proud to transform it all 1 888 SANIMAX Privacy policy | © Sanimax 2021