Supplemental Data from the 2023 Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste in the U.S. Survey Results
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Food Waste Processed at All Digesters in 2020 (39 Respondents)
| Source/Type | Beverage processing industry waste | Fats, oils and greases | Food processing industry waste | Food service waste, pre- and post-consumer | Fruits/vegetative wastes | Other | Retail Food Waste | Slaughterhouse waste | Source-separated commercial, institutional or residential organic wastes | Total (in tons) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges/Universities | 121 | 472 | 593 | |||||||
| Food Banks | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| Fruit/vegetable Farms | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hotels | 0 | |||||||||
| Industrial (other) | 19,147 | 14,180 | 33,326 | |||||||
| Livestock Farms | 6,500 | 6,500 | ||||||||
| Manufacturing/Processing | 15,351,841 | 37,233 | 779,230 | 652 | 3,762 | 15,555 | 1,984 | 16,190,257 | ||
| Other | 140,000 | 160,000 | 32,940 | 332,940 | ||||||
| Residential | 2,400 | 2,400 | ||||||||
| Restaurants/food services | 167,994 | 167,994 | ||||||||
| Retail/wholesale | 783 | 37,547 | 34,452 | 8,600 | 8,210 | 60,360 | 3,398 | 153,351 | ||
| Total (in tons) | 15,352,624 | 382,895 | 832,829 | 9,731 | 11,972 | 160,000 | 75,915 | 22,664 | 38,739 | 16,887,369 |
Food Waste Processed at All Digesters in 2021 (41 Respondents)
| Source/Type | Beverage processing industry waste | Fats, oils and greases | Food processing industry waste | Food service waste, pre- and post-consumer | Fruits/vegetative wastes | Other | Retail Food Waste | Slaughterhouse waste | Source-separated commercial, institutional or residential organic wastes | Total (in tons) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges/Universities | 162 | 379 | 541 | |||||||
| Food Banks | 0 | |||||||||
| Fruit/vegetable Farms | 0 | |||||||||
| Hotels | 0 | |||||||||
| Industrial (other) | 14,299 | 12,773 | 27,073 | |||||||
| Livestock Farms | 0 | |||||||||
| Manufacturing/Processing | 14,613,422 | 1,873 | 724,337 | 1,064 | 555 | 2,283 | 15,343,533 | |||
| Other | 524 | 160,000 | 28,708 | 189,233 | ||||||
| Residential | 0 | |||||||||
| Restaurants/food services | 157,974 | 157,974 | ||||||||
| Retail/wholesale | 83 | 33,870 | 31,952 | 2,728 | 2,199 | 16,125 | 1,523 | 88,480 | ||
| Total (in tons) | 14,613,505 | 194,403 | 770,588 | 4,171 | 2,754 | 160,000 | 16,125 | 15,057 | 30,232 | 15,806,834 |