Denali has announced a partnership with the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD) to recycle food waste generated from the hundreds of meetings, concerts, athletic competitions, auto shows and more that it hosts annually.
Managed by Oak View Group, KBHCCD hosts over 1 million visitors annually, producing a significant amount of food waste from such events. Sodexo Live!, KBHCCD’s food and beverage partner, will take the lead in this collaboration, which will leverage Denali’s depackaging capabilities to efficiently separate plastic, cardboard and other packaging from food and drinks to easily recycle food that would otherwise end up in landfills. The resulting clean stream of organics supports the local circular economy by creating compost that nourishes North Texas farms and gardens.
This effort is just one piece of KBHCCD’s greater sustainability efforts and community outreach through its Good Neighbor Program. The program matches donations of surplus and unconsumed food that meets all safety standards, as well as exhibit items, with local nonprofits serving unhoused and underprivileged families and children.
The collaboration between Denali and Sodexo Live! will further reduce KBHCCD’s overall waste by recycling food that does not meet consumable safety standards. KBHCCD leaders said this food recycling initiative will contribute to ongoing efforts to host environmentally friendly meetings and offer sustainable practices whenever possible.
For more information, visit www.dallasconventioncenter.com.
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