July 17, 2025
Divert, Inc., a circular economy company on a mission to prevent food from being wasted, today announced a strategic collaboration with United States Cold Storage (USCS), a leading provider of public refrigerated warehousing and logistics. The companies are partnering on an innovative recycling program that processes food and beverage products that can’t be sold or donated into renewable energy and soil amendment.
“This collaboration represents a meaningful step in advancing our sustainability objectives by reducing environmental impact, strengthening compliance, and driving greater efficiencies across our operations,” said Sara Cook, Sustainable Development Manager, United States Cold Storage. “We are proud to collaborate with Divert, a company that shares our commitment to innovation and environmental stewardship, and we look forward to building a long-standing relationship.”
As a part of this program, unsold and non-donatable food and beverage products from USCS’s California locations are brought to Divert’s Integrated Diversion & Energy Facility in Turlock, California. The facility leverages Divert’s proprietary depackaging and anaerobic digestion solutions to then securely process the material into carbon-negative renewable energy and nutrient-rich soil amendments. In doing so, the process prevents the material from going to landfill, where it would otherwise emit harmful greenhouse gases.
“Creating reliable and flexible diversion pathways to support our customers across the food value chain represents a massive opportunity to drive environmental and operational impact,” said Andrew Johnston, VP and GM, Industrials, Divert. “Our collaboration with USCS demonstrates how the cold storage industry can turn a challenge into a value-generating solution—meeting compliance requirements, reducing emissions, and unlocking positive ESG and business outcomes.”
Divert’s solutions will help USCS make better informed resource management decisions across its operations. In addition, the program supports compliance with California’s Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), which mandates redirecting organic waste from landfills and encourages the use of anaerobic digestion to create renewable energy.
Divert works with food and beverage manufacturers, warehouses, distributors, logistics providers, and other commercial operators across the U.S. For more information on Divert’s solutions, please click here.
About Divert
Divert is a circular economy company on a mission to prevent food from being wasted through nationwide infrastructure and innovative technologies. Founded in 2007, the company provides an end-to-end solution that leverages data to prevent waste, facilitates edible food recovery to provide to people in need, and transforms unsold food products into renewable energy to power communities. Through this integrated approach to reducing wasted food–Prevent, Provide, Power™–Divert works with customers across the U.S. to reduce wasted food and positively impact people and the environment. Divert is a portfolio company of Ara Partners, a global private equity firm that is decarbonizing the industrial economy. For more information on Divert, Inc., please visit www.divertinc.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X, Threads, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
About Ara Partners
Ara Partners is a global private equity and infrastructure investment firm focused on industrial decarbonization. Founded in 2017, Ara Partners seeks to build and scale companies with significant decarbonization impact across the industrial and manufacturing, chemicals and materials, energy efficiency and green fuels, and food and agriculture sectors. The company operates from offices in Houston, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Dublin. Ara Partners closed its third private equity fund in December 2023 with over $2.8 billion in capital commitments. As of December 31, 2024, Ara Partners had approximately $6.2 billion of assets under management. For more information about Ara Partners, please visit www.arapartners.com.
About United States Cold Storage
United States Cold Storage, Inc. (USCS), Camden, NJ, is a premier provider of public refrigerated warehousing (PRW) and related logistics services throughout the USA. With roots dating back to 1899, USCS has long served a diverse customer base with requirements ranging from primary storage to fully integrated third-party logistics. The company offers more than 424 million cubic feet of temperature controlled warehouse and distribution space in 40 facilities located in 13 states including California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia. USCS is the third largest PRW Logistics provider in North America. It is a subsidiary of the U.K.’s John Swire & Sons Ltd.
Divert Media Contact
Caroline Legg
Director of Public Relations
(203) 313-4228
clegg@divertinc.com
USCS Media Contact
Anna Johnson
Vice President, Marketing and Commercial Strategy
ajohnson@uscold.com
