NRDC’s baseline food waste report, Estimating Quantities and Types of Food Waste at the City Level, offers critical data about the amounts, sources, and types of food going to waste in three U.S. cities; Nashville, New York City, and Denver. The intent of the study was to characterize the amount of food that is wasted in these cities, identify some of the reasons why the food is going to waste, and then use that data to help inform and inspire initiatives to prevent wasting food, to rescue surplus food to benefit people in need, and to recycle food scraps.
