The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has filed an “environmental justice” lawsuit against Wilenta Feed Inc.
The state’s complaint against defendant Wilenta Feed, Inc., alleges violation of the State’s Water Pollution Control Act. Wilenta operates a food waste recycling business in Secaucus, NJ, that involves converting food waste – largely bakery products – into animal feed or animal feed ingredients.
According to the complaint, Wilenta has been unlawfully storing its food waste in open-air piles, thereby exposing the waste to stormwater, which enters the sewer system and, ultimately, into such surface water bodies as Penhorn Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River.
In addition to seeking a court order directing Wilenta to halt its open-air storage of food waste, the lawsuit seeks civil penalties against Wilenta and reimbursement to the state for costs it has incurred, or will incur, to investigate, inspect and monitor the property.
About Wilenta Feed Inc.
Wilenta works with specialty bakers, bakery plants, and bakery wholesalers to provide a practical solution for inedible bakery by-product. It collects bread, dough, pasta, crackers, cereal, bagels, tortillas, matzos, sweet goods, snack chips and other bakery byproducts and delivers them for recycling into animal feed.
