Sustainable Management of Food

Food Waste Research
- Check out EPA's new food waste research highlights web page!
Anaerobic Digestion
- Apply for the Supporting Anaerobic Digestion in Communities Grant!
- EPA is currently collecting data for our fourth phase of the Anaerobic Digestion Data Collection Project.
Version 2.1 of the Excess Food Opportunities Map
- This interactive map has been updated and now displays nearly 1.2 million potential excess food generators and about 5,000 potential recipients of excess food.
Federal Interagency Food Loss and Waste Collaboration

The U.S. EPA, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration affirm their shared commitment to work towards the national goal of reducing food loss and waste by 50 percent by 2030.

Understanding the Issues

What Businesses and Organizations
Can Do

What Individuals and Communities Can Do

To learn more about the tiers of the hierarchy, click on the topic.

Food Recovery Hierarchy Triangle in Six Steps. Top (most preferred) to bottom (least preferred): Source Reduction, Feed Hungry People, Feed Animals, Industrial Uses, Composting, and Landfill/Incineration.

Sustainable Management of Food

Food Waste Research

Anaerobic Digestion

Version 2.1 of the Excess Food Opportunities Map

Federal Interagency Food Loss and Waste Collaboration

Understanding the Issues

What Businesses and Organizations Can Do

What Individuals and Communities Can Do

What Businesses and Organizations
Can Do