A commitment to the environment

Since it's early days as RecycleOne, APD has committed to making decisions that will positively affect the community and environment in the future.

All products that enter the APD warehouse are assessed for potential downstream uses or recycling. We currently can find a recycling solution or secondary downstream use for most loads. Some materials, such as metals and plastics, have a known path towards recycling followed industry wide. In 2025 alone, 800+ tons of metals were diverted to recycling facilities. But APD's unique ability is to find creative, one-of-a-kind solutions for a variety of products keeping them from landfills.

For example, 100% of all psyllium that APD processes is dedicated towards a proprietary second use, outside of the product's manufactured purpose.

Fabrics and textiles have a similar path. 98% of these materials get a second life thru the manufacture of other products consumers use everyday.

APD is Arizona's largest beverage destruction company, processing 80% of the state's beverages that are off market due to conditions such as safety recalls or expiration. 100% of liquids destroyed by APD are captured at the warehouse, treated as needed, and made ready for a new secondary use. Before APD's liquid processing solutions, the majority of the state's beverages processed in the state were discharged to landfills or sewage systems.

In a typical year APD diverts 180+ loads of non-recyclable waste product to waste-to-energy facilities: 180 loads that won't be sent to landfills. These products are used in the production of heat, energy, fertilizer, or fuel by means of combustion, gasification, or aerobic digestion.

APD is striving to reach a goal of zero waste-to-landfill. Until it reaches that goal, APD will continue to innovate on how waste materials are recycled, reused, or completely transformed as new second-life products.