M&A Deal Summary

Denali Acquires Smart Recycling

On November 12, 2025, Denali acquired environmental company Smart Recycling

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Denali’s 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is Denali’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Denali’s 1st transaction in South Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-11-12
Target Smart Recycling
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) Denali
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Smart Recycling

North Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Smart Recycling provides commercial food waste collection and recycling services for businesses in the hospitality, healthcare, education, and industrial sectors. The Company diverts organic waste from landfills to local composting facilities, helping clients manage waste sustainably and reduce disposal costs. Smart Recycling was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina.

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Buyer

Denali

Russellville, Arkansas, United States

Category Company
Sector Environmental
DESCRIPTION

Denali is a provider of specialty waste and environmental recycling and disposal services in the United States, performing mission-critical daily organic waste collection, processing, recycling, and disposal for municipal, industrial food processing and downstream industrial customers. Denali is based in Russellville, Arkansas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: South Carolina M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-10 NuTerra Southeast Florida Organics

Fellsmere, Florida, United States

NuTerra Southeast Florida Organics LLC is a newly constructed modern composting facility with the capacity to handle 75,000 wet tons of biosolids annually.

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