Sustainable Management of Food

Anaerobic Digestion
- EPA has selected 12 recipients for funding in the Supporting Anaerobic Digestion in Communities Grant!
- Check out the Anaerobic Digestion Facilities Processing Food Waste in the United States (2017 & 2018) survey report
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.
EPA Food Recovery Challenge
Learn about the Food Recovery Challenge, how to join, and our past awardees.
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.

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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

Anaerobic Digestion

Version 2.1 of the Excess Food Opportunities Map

EPA Food Recovery Challenge

Federal Interagency Food Loss and Waste Collaboration

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Sustainable Management of Food

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