IRVING, Texas, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling
Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) ("Darling") – Wendy's
recently-released Corporate Responsibility Report cites its
partnership with DAR PRO Solutions, a Darling Ingredients brand,
for producing 2.8 million gallons of cleaner-burning renewable
diesel from 24 million pounds of used cooking oil in the U.S. This
renewable diesel reduces up to 85 percent greenhouse gas emissions
than traditional petroleum diesel.
DAR PRO Solutions partners with Wendy's to safely store and
collect used cooking oil from Wendy's company-operated and
franchised restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. This co-product of Wendy's french fry
and chicken nugget production is processed by a DAR PRO Solutions
operation which then gets transported to Darling's Diamond Green Diesel plant in Norco, La. where it is converted into
cleaner-burning renewable diesel. This biofuel is usable as a
drop-in blend for our transportation sector, adding to Wendy's and
Darling's mission to convert food production co-product into
valuable products.
"We value our partnerships like DAR
PRO's and Wendy's restaurants across North America and view it as a significant
piece of the solution for sustainable living on this planet," said
Randall C. Stuewe, Chairman and CEO,
Darling Ingredients Inc. "Our purpose is to help Wendy's and all
our customers repurpose their used cooking oil and protect the
environment."
Visit here to see Wendy's 2020 Corporate responsibility report
and learn more about their sustainability efforts.
Visit here to learn more about DAR PRO Solutions' sustainable
waste management efforts.
Visit here to learn more about Diamond
Green Diesel's sustainable creation of renewable diesel from
food production co-products.
About Darling
Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) is
one of the world's leading producers of organic ingredients,
producing a wide array of sustainable protein and fat products
while being one of the largest producers of renewable clean energy.
With operations on five continents, Darling collects waste streams
from the agri-food industry, repurposing into specialty
ingredients, such as hydrolyzed collagen, edible and feed-grade
fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, fuel
feedstocks, and green bioenergy. The Company sells its products
around the globe and works to strengthen our promise for a better
tomorrow, creating product applications for health, nutrients and
bioenergy while optimizing our services to the food chain. Darling
is a 50% joint venture partner in Diamond
Green Diesel (DGD), North
America's largest renewable diesel manufacturer, currently
producing approximately 290 million gallons of renewable diesel
annually which products reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by up
to 85% compared to fossil fuels. For additional information, visit
the Company's website at http://www.darlingii.com. For more
information on Darling's ESG efforts, visit
http://www.darlingii.com/csr.
For more
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Jim Stark
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Phone: +1 (972)
281-4478
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Phone: +1 (972)
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Email:
mgaither@darlingii.com
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james.stark@darlingii.com
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