Curb to Compost

Food Waste Prevention

Americans waste about 25 percent of all food purchases.
It’s a growing problem with profound financial and environmental impacts. When we throw away food, we also waste all the water and energy used to produce, package and transport food from the farm to our plates.

Here are some resources to help you reduce food scrap in your community, from our friends in King County, WA –

Overview of the EPA’s food recovery hierarchy starts with source reduction…