40% of food in America goes uneaten–it’s an almost unbelievable fact. Here in New York City, around 20% of our waste stream is food waste. For decades, this food waste has been sent to landfills where it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas and large contributor to global warming.

Instead of sending all this food to landfill we want to first prevent, then recover, and finally recycle any remaining food.  

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In recent years, however, New York City has shown incredible leadership on food waste, and our apple cores and potato peels are starting to meet a

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