Albuquerque company celebrates 30 years of transforming food waste into compost
By Alyssa Munoz
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KOAT) — In Albuquerque’s South Valley, Soilutions, a local company, is celebrating 30 years of business by recycling landscape and food waste into compost, soil, and mulch, keeping hundreds of thousands of pounds of food out of landfills each week.
The company receives about 500,000 pounds of food waste weekly, with most of the finished product remaining in New Mexico. Their goal is to keep organics out of landfills, reduce methane gas, and return nutrients to local soil.
They have partnered with about seven local businesses, including M’Tucci’s, and aim to collaborate with 30 by the end of the year.
“I always wanted to make a difference with sustainability in this industry, the restaurant industry. I think we’re all just really proud that we get a chance to make sure the model works and then we would love to encourage other restaurants and companies all over New Mexico to do the same thing,” said Howie Kibel, brand manager at M’Tucci’s.
In 2024, the company also partnered with recycling company Denali, which helps recycle unsold grocery food from big corporations like Walmart across the state and West Texas. Dawn Dewey, president and owner of Soilutions, said, “We actually have a really cutting-edge technology of food waste recycling called a D packaging machine. So, we can bring food in that’s in packaging still, we run it through this special piece of equipment, and it separates the food from the packaging, which really just enables us to scale the amount of food that can be recycled.”
Homeowners can drop off yard waste for free and order compost and soil for delivery through their website. The company is located on Bates Road near Second Street and Broadway.
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