MA Businesses Contracting for Organics Hauling in 2023
In 2023, we interviewed 53 organics haulers serving Massachusetts businesses and we received data from 48 of them. These companies are collectively serving more than 3,120 commercial customers in Massachusetts. The number of customers has continued to increase since 2020, when widespread temporary business closures and a shift in waste generation impacted commercial organics diversion activity. When current customer information was unavailable (5 haulers for 2023), data from a previous year was applied. Data from previous years is adjusted when new information is available. As we refine our process for gathering this data, we are increasing our confidence in the numbers each year.
| Number of Commercial Organics Customers in Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Year: | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Total: | 3123 | 3100 | 2925 | 2625 | 2815 | 2310 | 2105 | 1700 | 1550 | 1350 |
Wasted Food Prevention Data from Source Reduction Technology Customers 2023
We interviewed six companies and received 2023 data from three. Collectively they served 131 customers and prevented 161 tons of wasted food.
| Cumulative Food Waste Prevention Data | |||
| Date Reported | Total MA Commercial Customers | New Annual Food Waste Prevented | Total Annual Food Waste Prevented |
| 2018 (all time) | 145 customers | 1,025 | 1,025 |
| 2019 (1 year) | 154 customers | 448 | 1,473 |
| 2020 (1 year) | 296 customers | 169 | 1,642 |
| 2021 (1 year) | 447 customers | 437 | 2,079 |
| 2022 (1 year) | 576 customers | 640 | 2,719 |
| 2023 (1 year) | 131 customers | 161 | 2,880 |
| Total Food Waste Prevented (All Time): | 11,818 tons to date | ||