Calculate the impact of food waste

Sector

Food Type

Unit

Destinations

Name	Current scenario in Lbs	Alternative scenario in Lbs
Prevention
Donations
Animal Feed
Industrial uses
Composting
Anaerobic Digestion
Not Harvested
Land Application
Sewer
Incineration
Landfill
Dumping
Total	2,407 Lbs	2,158 Lbs

Impact Results

Current scenario	Alternative scenario	Net benefit
1.19 metric tons of CO2e	4.53 metric tons of CO2e	-3.35 metric tons of CO2e avoided
Equivalent to:
1,318 pounds of coal burned	1 passenger vehicles driven for one year	3,718 pounds of coal burned

Current scenario	Alternative scenario	Net benefit
0.01 metric tons of CH4	0.06 metric tons of CH4	-0.05 metric tons of CH4 avoided
= 0.28 metric tons of CO2e	= 1.74 metric tons of CO2e	= -1.45 metric tons of CO2e
Calculated on a 100-year time horizon
Equivalent to:
316 pounds of coal burned	1,930 pounds of coal burned	1,614 pounds of coal burned

Current scenario	Alternative scenario	Net benefit
158,589 gallons	284,367 gallons	-125,778 gallons saved
Equivalent to:
9,220 showers	16,533 showers	7,313 showers

Current scenario	Alternative scenario	Net benefit
2,006 meals recovered	0 meals recovered	-2,006 meals recovered