Food Waste & Climate Change

If Food Waste were a country, it would be the 3rd largest GHG producer behind the US and China

When put in a landfill, food waste is a Carbon emitter; when composted, it is a Carbon sink!

The EPA calculates that Municipal Solid Waste landfills are the 3rd largest sources of human-related methane emissions

Methane is 82x more potent than CO2 as a green house gas over a 20 year period

Project Drawdown ranks reducing food waste as the 3rd most important action item (out of 80) to combat Climate Change