Sustainable Management of Food

Climate and Environmental Impacts of U.S Food Waste

Check out EPA’s report:
- From Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste
Anaerobic Digestion
- EPA selected 11 recipients for funding in the Supporting Anaerobic Digestion in Communities Funding Opportunity.
- EPA is currently analyzing data for our fourth phase of the Anaerobic Digestion Data Collection Project
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

close up of volunteer-hands as they sort food donations as mason jars and canned food

What Individuals and Communities Can Do

Overhead photo of compost in a white bucket.

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.

Listen to EPA Administrator Michael Regan speak about reducing food loss and waste.

Our "In the Loop with EPA: Circular Economy Updates" e-newsletter shares announcements and funding opportunities from EPA and our partners on the topics of food waste, recycling, municipal solid waste, and the built environment.

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Sustainable Management of Food

Climate and Environmental Impacts of U.S Food Waste

Anaerobic Digestion

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