Baker Commodities Inc. is committed to recycling as a way of life.
Baker Commodities Inc. plays an essential role in protecting the environment. Our manufacturing facilities help to alleviate the nation’s problem of over-burdened landfills by recycling millions of pounds of animal by-product and used cooking oil that would otherwise be disposed of as waste. We utilize state-of-the-art technology to treat process water while complying with all odor abatement and air pollution regulations to preserve a clean and safe environment.
Interesting Facts About Rendering!
(Source National Rendering Association)
In 2005, the rendering industry diverted 63 billion pounds of recyclable product from our country’s landfills to other sources of energy and feeds.
Without companies like Baker Commodities providing rendering services, America’s landfills would be full within four years.
For each metric ton of CO2 produced by operating rendering plants, 7.19 metric tons of CO2 are removed from the environment.
If not rendered, these materials would be a potential source of green house gases such as CO2 and methane.
If not for rendering in North America, billions of pounds of biological materials would be land filled, buried, or inappropriately dumped releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide, ammonia, and other harmful compounds into our air and water supply. When rendered, these products are dried, stabilized, and recycled for feed and energy and other industrial uses.
The rendering process provides essential services that protect humans and animals from disease while promoting a healthy environment.