Sustainable Management of Food

Anaerobic Digestion
OUT NOW! EPA's 2019 Wasted Food Report

In the Wasted Food Reports, EPA provides estimates of wasted food generation from the food and beverage manufacturing and processing, food retail, food service, and residential sectors, as well as estimates of how it is managed through several pathways.

Check out EPA's 2019 Wasted Food Report!
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

Understanding the Issues

Basic Information
Food Recovery Hierarchy
U.S. 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal
Food Waste Research
Data on Wasted Food in the U.S.
Funding Opportunities and EPA Programs Related to the Food System
Federal Interagency Collaboration

What Businesses and Organizations
Can Do

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

Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
Tools for Preventing and Diverting
Wasted Food
Success Stories in Reducing Waste
Anaerobic Digestion

What Individuals and Communities Can Do

Overhead photo of compost in a white bucket.

How to Prevent Wasted Food at Home
Food: Too Good to Waste Toolkit and Guide
Donate Food
Compost Food Scraps

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.

Sustainable Management of Food

Anaerobic Digestion

OUT NOW! EPA's 2019 Wasted Food Report

Climate and Environmental Impacts of U.S Food Waste

Understanding the Issues

What Businesses and Organizations Can Do

What Individuals and Communities Can Do

What Businesses and Organizations
Can Do