So much waste goes to landfill when they could be inputs to other bio processes. The scale of waste is insane.
"This equates to each household in NYC wasting an average of 8.4 pounds of food per week." [1]
Each household could feed a flock of 7 chickens with that household waste.
[0] https://www.rts.com/blog/nyc-waste-statistics-what-you-need-...