Sustainable Management of Food

Food Waste Research

Check out EPA's new reports on food waste research:
- Emerging Issues in Food Waste Management: Plastic and Persistent Chemical Contaminants
- Food Waste Pre-Processing Technologies and Environmental Impacts
Anaerobic Digestion
- EPA is currently analyzing 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.

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

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