JG Pears

JG Pears is one of the UK's leading processors of animal by-products and food waste. Pioneering environmentally-aware practices since we started out in 1972, we play a vital role in the agricultural and food industries. Collecting from across the UK, we take material that would otherwise require incineration or go into landfill and turn it into sustainable high-quality products. Our processing plants are modern, hygienic, and use cutting-edge techniques to ensure that all material is processed via a bio-secure environment into finished products that are fully utilised around the world. We provide a biosecure nationwide collection service for all three categories of material, taking the parts of meat-industry animals that are no use for the human food chain, dead and fallen stock, and foodstuffs from shops and catering establishments. We collect from farmers, abattoirs, meat processing plants and the catering industry using our own fleet of specially-designed vehicles. With the material we collect, we manufacture premium grade animal fats, animal meal products and biofuels. Our reputation for quality and service means an ever- growing number of leading manufacturers are choosing our meals and fats as core ingredients in their pet foods and aquaculture feeds. We also produce a unique range of organic fertilisers, helping farmers improve yields and soil quality in a cost-effective, natural and sustainable way. We are in control of the complete process, with all by-product processing taking place at our own plants. We believe in finding a new use for everything that comes through our doors. Our onsite combined heat and power plant fired by biomass provides steam and electricity to the rendering facility and renewable electricity to the national grid. This allows us to reduce our reliance of fossil fuels and helps drive us towards net carbon zero. JG Pears’ ethos of reduce, re-use, recycle and recover permeates all aspects of our business and ensures we operate with