US EPA Releases Food Waste and Landfill Methane Report

Written By Eric Urbani

  • 58% of the methane from landfills comes from food waste

  • 61% of the total methane produced is released to the atmosphere

  • For each metric ton of food waste that goes into a landfill you get about 0.86 tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) released to the atmosphere as methane — effectively a 1:1 equivalent

  • In 2020 landfilled food scraps released 55 million tons of CO2e to the atmosphere

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