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Sustainable Management of Food
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Resources for Assessing Wasted Food

These tools help to measure and track the amount, type of, and the source of the food and packaging waste.

  • A Guide to Conducting and Analyzing a Food Waste Assessment (pdf) (March 2014, EPA-530-F-15-003)
    Shows how to do a one-time snapshot wasted food assessment.
  • Reducing Wasted Food & Packaging: A Guide for Food Services and Restaurants (pdf) (March 2014, EPA-909-K-14-002)
    Provides guidance on using the prevention tool tracking results to save money and reduce waste.
  • Paper Tracking Waste Log (pdf)
Newly Released

Check out the new resource for students and school personnel interested in the amount of food wasted in their cafeterias:

  • A Guide to Conducting Student Food Waste Audits: A Resource for Schools

  • Sustainable Management of Food Home
  • Basics
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  • Food Recovery Challenge
  • Tools for Preventing and Diverting Wasted Food
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Last updated on February 1, 2022
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