Quest Resource Holding Corporation Renews Food Waste Recycling Contract With the Kroger Co.

Quest Resources Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:QRHC), a leader in sustainability, recycling, and environmental and resource management, is pleased to announce the renewal of a three-year waste minimization contract with the Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), the world’s third-largest retailer. Quest will continue to implement custom food waste and meat recycling solutions for the retailer’s banners across the United States.
Quest’s continued commitment to innovation, waste reduction, customer service, safety and operational excellence all contributed to the successful renewal, which is expected to reinforce Quest’s position as a leader in food waste recycling.
“The partnership with Quest will continue to play a role in helping Kroger achieve its landfill diversion goals,” said Sean McGee, Kroger’s senior manager of expense, sanitation and sustainability.
“About 40 percent of the food produced in the United States today is landfilled,” said Ray Hatch, Quest’s CEO. “Quest is determined to help solve this endemic issue. As a result, we continuously develop alternatives and provide services under our diverse national food waste recycling program. We are delighted to continue to help forward thinking retailers minimize their waste footprints and reach their landfill diversion goals.”
Quest helps its clients reduce their environmental footprints by recycling hundreds of materials. Last year alone, Quest diverted more than 415,000 tons of food waste and more than 78,000 tons of meat from landfills, which were recycled as animal feed additives, compost or as a source of energy.
For more information on Quest Resource Holding Corporation, visit www.QRHC.com.
About Quest Resource Holding Corporation
Quest provides businesses with one-stop management programs to reuse, recycle, and dispose of a wide variety of waste streams and recyclables generated by their businesses. Quest’s comprehensive reuse, recycling, and disposal services include customer-specific programs for the management, collection, processing, and accounting for waste streams and recyclables. Quest operates environmentally focused online platforms that contain information and data that tracks and reports the environmental results of our services and provides actionable data to improve business operations.
About Kroger
The Kroger Co. is 443,000 associates who serve eight and a half million customers every day in 2,792 retail food stores under a variety of local banner names in 35 states and the District of Columbia.
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