Wasted food in the US amounts to about 50 million metric tonnes annually,
costing businesses and consumers nearly $200 billion. In addition,
food waste translates to at least 13% of all
food-related GHG emissions in the US and 1.5% of national emissions. This presents a
significant opportunity for the food industry to simultaneously save money and
cut emissions. We can help you address this opportunity
with our unique business analytics solution
based on MetaFlowScope™.
food waste analysis will calculate both the economic and life-cycle
environmental impacts of the waste. The focus will be on pre-consumer
including waste in processing, storage and in commercial kitchens.
analysis will estimate the avoidable waste
that ends up in the waste stream
before products are sold or served to consumers, including the composition of
Depending on the data
available from your information systems, the analysis can take one of two
Using procurement and fulfillment data, our software can calculate the
total pre-consumer waste and its detailed composition.
Using only the procurement data and total pre-consumer organic
waste (such as kitchen waste), our software can estimate the waste composition
based on national waste statistics (after adjusting for the unavoidable waste - such as
inedible parts of food - in the waste stream).
Based on the waste composition
and volume, waste reduction opportunities will be
prioritized and presented to you on the basis of both cost savings and GHG emissions
We can provide a detailed and complete
scope 3 GHG emissions
inventory as part of
the analysis. If you don't already have ongoing emissions inventories for scope
1 and 2, we can provide that too.If you are already using a bottom-up
waste monitoring system (such as capturing data on waste as it is generated),
our top-down analytics solution will provide a powerful complementary method
that can be used simultaneously to find more big-picture opportunities.
Our solution is entirely software based, using data that should be readily
available in your in-house IT systems, and the analysis will be run by our