What is a Rendering Plant?
A rendering plant is a processing operation where dead animals are recycled into products from human food to biodiesel. The remains and waste from slaughterhouses are the primary contributors to these facilities. Heads, hooves, bones, blood, offal (internal organs) and anything else that cannot be used ends up at a rendering plant. Carcasses of dead animals from livestock and confinement operations are the secondary contributors. A rendering plant will also take dead horses, llamas and other farm and zoo animals. Remains of dogs and cats, roadkill (deer, skunks, rats and raccoons) end up there as well. Veterinary clinics and animal shelters also rely on rendering plants for their euthanized animals. They also accept throwback or rejected meat from supermarkets. The majority of edible rendering products are sold to feed manufacturers as a source of protein, calcium and phosphorous. The manufacturers then take this “food enhancer,” add ingredients to eventually sell as domestic pet food
A “Rendering Plant” is a a business that makes use of all the “unwanted” parts of dead animals. They make soap (in the past), suet, fertilizer (I actually haven’t heard this, but it makes sense), pet food. (Ever read “meat by-products” on a pet food label? Translation – all the odd bits that go to rendering plants) …whatever can be made from the animals they use. Different rendering plants may focus on different products. The industry goes through 12.5 million tons of animals each year. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendering_(…
Q: I heard that it recycles dead animals into fertilizer for farmers, can this be true? A: A “Rendering Plant” is a a business that makes use of all the “unwanted” parts of dead animals. They make soap (in the past), suet, fertilizer (I actually haven’t heard this, but it makes sense), pet food. (Ever read “meat by-products” on a pet food label? Translation – all the odd bits that go to rendering plants) …whatever can be made from the animals they use. Different rendering plants may focus on different products. The industry goes through 12.5 million tons of animals each year. More info: http://en.wikipedia.
