Food waste contributes the equivalent annual emissions of
808 coal-fired power plants.
Source: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
Uneaten food in the U.S. contains enough calories to feed
150 million people
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
13 million cars
If half of our inedible scraps were composted instead of going to the landfill it would cut the equivalent of taking off the road nearly
Source: ReFED; Environmental Health Insights, 2022; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
The average American household of four spends
on food that will wind up in the trash.
$2,760 a year
Source: ReFED; American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020
(12.8%) experienced food insecurity in 2022, meaning they lack steady access to quality food. This is up from 10.2% in 2021.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Around 42 million Americans