One Easy Thing
Sometimes it seems like there’s nothing we can do. But there’s a way to take action every day.
Banana peels. Carrot tops. Old takeout and coffee grounds. Uneaten food is our biggest contributor to landfills — and a major driver of climate change.
Most food waste comes from our own homes — not from industry or agriculture.
It’s a major producer of methane — a greenhouse gas 80x more potent than CO2 over 20 years.
All in, the food in landfills is worse for the planet than the entire global airline industry.
Preventing food waste is the easiest possible way to have the greatest possible impact — from your own kitchen. There are so many ways not to waste.
Buy only what you need
Use your curbside organics bin
Start a backyard compost pile
Feed your own animals
The Mill food recycler makes keeping food out of the trash as easy as dropping it in. We believe that’s the best way to alter our everyday habits. Meet a new kind of kitchen appliance — intelligent, powerful, and completely waste-free.
Absolutely no smells, flies, or mess
Works automatically while you sleep
Keep filling it for up to a month
Put zero food into your garbage
Nourish the soil
Mix the grounds with garden soil, add them to your backyard compost, or pour them into your curbside compost bin.
Feed your flock
Make nutritious, shelf-stable food for your chickens, and increase your impact by buying less feed.
Support small farms
Let Mill collect your grounds, and distribute them to small farms, where they are used to grow more food.