2025 Impact Report
Our Impact Makes Change a Reality
Our decentralized food waste solutions are helping households, communities, and governments reduce emissions and rethink food waste.
The Global Challenge of Food Waste
Food waste is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. With approximately 931 million tons of food wasted each year globally, this waste drives climate impacts, economic losses, and unnecessary pressure on landfills.
What makes food waste uniquely solvable is where it happens: largely in households. When food waste is managed at the source, everyday actions can translate into meaningful environmental impact.
Food waste accounts for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Residential food waste can account for up to half of the household waste stream
The Challenge
Why Food Waste
Breaks the System
Methane at the end of the line
When food waste decomposes in landfills, it produces methane — a greenhouse gas over 28× more potent than CO₂ over 100 years.
Centralized systems under strain
Landfills are filling up, hauling distances are increasing, and organic waste adds weight, cost, and contamination to the system.
Households are the missing link
A significant share of food waste is generated at home, yet many households lack practical tools to manage it effectively.
The Solution: FoodCycler
Decentralized Food Waste Management
Reduce at the source
FoodCycler processes food waste where it’s created, reducing mass and volume by up to 90% before it ever reaches landfill.
Proven through scalable adoption
Adopted across households, municipalities, schools, businesses, and government facilities - demonstrating that decentralized food waste solutions can scale across real-world systems.
Designed for everyday use
Reliable, low-maintenance technology that fits naturally into daily routines at home and anywhere food waste is created.
Our Impact at a Glance
~ 68,626,459 kilograms
of food waste diverted from landfills since 2021.
* Based on third-party life cycle assessments.
Learn How We Calculate ThisFood waste is one of the most solvable environmental challenges in front of us. When the right tools exist, people use them. When participation becomes easy, impact follows.
— Bradley Crepeau
Founder and CEO, Food Cycle Science
Where Real Change Takes Root
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Our 2025 Impact Report documents Food Cycle Science’s current, measurable impact - drawing on third-party life cycle assessments, real-world programs, and system-level outcomes.
This work is ongoing, grounded in deployment and research, and continues to evolve through partnership and practice.