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The bill provides federal funding, a national 50% food-waste reduction target, and data/reporting to drive prevention, recycling, and investment—especially in disadvantaged communities—while creating new program rules, reporting burdens, and federal spending that may raise costs for some businesses and require taxpayer support.
Local, state, Tribal governments and eligible entities gain grant funding to plan and implement projects that reduce food waste, lowering disposal costs and landfill use.
The bill establishes a clear national target (50% food waste reduction by 2035), coordinating federal, state, and local action toward measurable reductions.
Grants can fund prevention, rescue, upcycling, recycling, infrastructure (including anaerobic digestion) and technical assistance, helping create recycling markets and new job opportunities.
The bill authorizes $650 million per year, increasing federal spending and potentially adding to budgetary pressures that could concern taxpayers or require offsets.
Grant conditions (e.g., restrictions on incineration/landfill use, differential disposal pricing) and program rules could raise operational costs for small businesses, waste managers, and utilities if implemented locally.
Anaerobic digestion feedstock limits (≤20% animal waste and source-separated organics only) reduce flexibility for facilities and may increase costs or complicate scaling of digestion projects.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a competitive federal grant program to fund studies, data collection, planning, and projects to reduce U.S. food waste 50% by 2035 (relative to 2015).
Introduced December 12, 2025 by Julia Brownley · Last progress December 12, 2025
Creates a federal competitive grant program to cut food waste in half by 2035 compared with 2015 levels. The program will fund local and regional studies, planning, data collection and reporting, and on-the-ground projects to prevent and reduce food waste, and requires recipients to publish regular data reports. Grants may support three types of activities: (1) studies and local reduction plans, (2) ongoing food-waste data collection and public reporting, and (3) implementation or support of food-waste reduction actions (including technical assistance, pricing strategies, restrictions on landfill/incineration, regulatory measures, market-stimulating policies, and other activities the Administrator allows). The text sets application rules and some nonprofit application conditions, requires geographic and programmatic diversity in awards, and prioritizes certain non‑nonprofit entities, but it does not specify funding amounts, deadlines, or detailed eligibility lists.