U.S. food & yard trimmings waste generation

Amount of food scraps, yard trimmings and other waste generated in U.S. municipal solid waste in 2018 (in million tons)

U.S. food scraps, yard trimmings and other MSW waste generated 2018

Last update:

Jan 23, 2021

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Region:

United States

Survey time period:

From 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018

Approximately 63 million tons of food waste was generated in the United States' municipal solid waste stream in 2018. This represented roughly 22 percent of total municipal solid waste generation in the U.S. that year. The average household in the U.S. generates an estimated 19.36 metric tons of food waste per year, one of the highest volumes in the world.

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