What’s the Problem?
168 million tonnes
of food waste is created in North America every year.
~50%
of that is generated at the household level.
30x
is how much more harmful food waste in landfills is to the environment than the CO₂ emissions from our vehicles.
1 Year
of food waste in the US = an area the size of California and New York combined.
Carbon Emissions of the FoodCycler
Kilograms of CO2e
195
Manufacturing, processing, and shipping
42
Average annual energy consumption
-350
Annual diverted CO2 per household
-280
Net annual carbon footprint
294
Lifetime energy consumption
-2450
Lifetime diverted CO2 per household
-1946
Net lifetime carbon footprint
15
End of life
FoodCycler carbon emmissions come from a a comprehensive life cycle assessment following ISO 14040 and 14044 standards.
A Closer Look at Food Waste and Climate Impact
This infographic breaks down how FoodCycler reduces food waste emissions and why cleaner energy grids make that impact even greater.
Composting isn't for everyone.
Landfilling food scraps is unsustainable, and people don’t know what they can do to solve this massive food waste problem.
So we made the FoodCycler.
FoodCycler Users Make A Big Contribution
1 Based on an average of running the FoodCycler for three cycles per week.
2 Source: 2025 LCA conducted by York University for Eco 3 and Eco 5.
3 Source: Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
68,626,459
kilograms of food waste diverted from landfills since 2021.1
68,000+
metric tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided since 2021.2 That’s the equivalent of removing more than 15,000 gas-powered vehicles off the road every year.3
At the Crossroads of Innovation and Impact.
Did you know that decomposing food waste in landfills generates methane gas which is 30 times more harmful than C02 emissions from our vehicles?
Could food waste be worse for the environment than plastic?
Explore Our Science Articles
We’re a team of food waste experts and engineers united by the same goal: To build convenient technology that helps people tackle the global food waste problem.
FoodCycler® is made by
Why Toss it When You Can FoodCycle it?
