Commercial food waste from a commercial kitchen.

How Much Does Food Waste Cost the US?

If you run a business, your bottom line is never far from thought – not only how much you’re making but also how much you’re losing. If you work anywhere in the farm-to-table pipeline of food production, a part of that loss is food waste. Like with many forms of agricultural, commercial, and industrial waste,…

Grocer shucks corn into an Agri-Cycle toter bin.

Can My Business’s Food Waste Be Sustainable?

In recent years we’ve seen food waste numbers jump – in 2018 alone, over 103 million tons were generated, according to the EPA. This is an environmental and economic tragedy. Food waste is an epidemic, from producers and manufacturers to grocers, restaurants, and cafeterias. However, this food waste can be disposed of sustainably. Let’s look…

A row of Agricycle food waste totes bins outside a business.

Food Waste Recycling Tips For Summer

Food Waste Recycling Tips For Summer Summertime can pose a number of challenges when managing your food waste/scraps recycling program. Proactively addressing those challenges with the solutions below will help ensure that ALL of the food waste and food scraps on-site end up being anaerobically digested or composted. A clean food waste/scraps program helps keep…