With trash
Food in landfills emits *so much* methane that, based on our preliminary study, if you’re throwing food in the trash, we estimate you can avoid up to a net half ton of greenhouse gas emissions per year when using Mill and opting into Mill pickups. And this takes shipping grounds, bin production and energy usage into account. More at mill.com/LCA
With composting
It depends on how you’re getting rid of your food scraps today. If you’re throwing all of them in the trash, then the cumulative emissions avoided by using Mill, including opting into pickups, even when accounting for energy usage and shipping, are comparable to the emissions avoided if you were to send them to local composting. Here are the details: with both composting and Mill you’re avoiding emissions by keeping food out of landfills. And with Mill, you can also avoid emissions from feed production. For more information, head to mill.com/LCA
And, of course, if you have access to municipal compost you can always drop your dry grounds in your curbside bin or bring them to a compost drop off instead of opting into Mill pickups. That’s a great way to keep your kitchen clean and partake in local solutions!