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Following the announcement of the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics, we’re excited to release Mill’s inaugural data report, which shows a first-of-its-kind look at consumer food waste behavior and represents the largest, most accurate look at food waste behavior in homes ever measured. Our first year of data shows unequivocally that Mill is working, both at driving consumer behavior changes and presenting new opportunities for people and communities to save money and prevent waste.  Here are a few of our findings that tell the story: 📉 The amount households throw out decreases the first few months they have Mill—by over 20% over the first four months—and then stabilizes. 🥕 In a study of our customers, over one in three respondents shared that using Mill decreased the amount of food waste they generated as they cooked and shopped differently. 💫 And now, with Mill, 73% of respondents reported putting *no* food into the trash, compared to 8% before they had Mill. This data has important implications for researchers, food waste advocates, and government leaders seeking precise ways to measure and impact residential food waste behavior and increase organics diversions efforts. We’re excited to help these communities take data-informed action against the urgent priority of tackling food waste. https://lnkd.in/gf9kpNFu

"With Mill, Rogers is aiming for something even bigger: a radical reshaping of the way people think about and dispose of the food they don’t or can’t eat. What we’re doing today isn’t working, says Rogers: ”95% of food waste is still going to landfill. This is solvable. This is a tractable problem. Like, throwing food in the trash, we could just not do that.” As a company, Mill is engaging in a multipronged effort to transform how food waste is discarded, how it’s collected, and how it’s diverted from a heavily polluting destiny in a landfill. Rogers is using the lessons he learned at Apple and from running Nest...to try to shift consumers and governments toward a new model. The slick, food-chomping garbage bin he’s helped create could be the thing that makes such an immense change possible" - the latest on Mill in Fast Company Check it out https://lnkd.in/gCiyhV_w

"The smartest possible solution to the dumbest possible problem." That's what Julia Louis-Dreyfus thinks about Mill. Because she freaking loves it after having lived with it for over a year. Hear more in today's Wiser Than Me episode with the incredible Ina Garten. https://lnkd.in/g-aGzwuv

“A major climate change culprit is hiding in your kitchen: food scraps. Apple cores, carrot tops, and uneaten bits of dinner are a surprisingly potent source of emissions, spewing methane as they decompose in landfills.” We’ve created an easy (and, frankly, delightful) to do something about it. And it’s already helping thousands of people keep over a million pounds of food out of the trash. It’s a systems-changing move. We’re grateful to Fast Company for recognizing Mill as the World’s Most Innovative Consumer Goods Company for this approach. https://lnkd.in/g8W_qatC P.S. WE’RE HIRING! Check out roles at mill.com/careers

Together, we've kept over a million pounds of food kept out of landfills. That’s the power of Mill. And more importantly, you, our incredible community. If you haven’t already, check out why Mill is the easiest, cleanest way to keep food out of the trash at mill.com/food-recycler

We have officially sold out of our first generation device. And are excited to introduce our next generation Mill. Learn more about it in Fast Company https://lnkd.in/ggjRMMG5

We are proud to support the vital work of The Lower East Side Ecology Center, Earth Matter NY and Big Reuse.

It's an exciting day here for Mill. Today, we launched our first local loop partnership with R. City, a pioneering local farm in the Phoenix-metro area that’s helping feed the community and keep leftovers out of the trash. Here’s how it works: 🥬 R. City x Mill customers add kitchen scraps to their Mill kitchen bin, which dries and grinds them overnight, transforming them into a shelf-stable material that doesn’t smell or attract fruit flies. 🥕 Once the Mill bin fills up (which takes weeks!), R. City will pick up the dry grounds and use them to help grow fresh fresh, seasonal produce—including several varieties of squash, okra, kale, eggplant, cucumbers, carrots, and microgreens—that customers can enjoy as part of a monthly Farm Box delivery. Together, R. City and Mill will have a big impact: 🚮 Each year, Arizona sends about 1.7 million tons of food to the landfill (LawnStarter) while a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that a whopping 58% of total methane emissions from landfills comes from wasted food. ♻️ The partnership between Mill and R. City also represents a new product offering from Mill as part of an expanded effort to enable local-loop pathways for kitchen scraps that support community farm partners like R. City. 💡 The initiative marks the first time people who subscribe to a private composting service—approximately 100,000 households across the United States (BioCycle)—can participate in a program that combines the technology and design of the Mill kitchen bin with the community impact of local farming. Our aim is to make supporting local farms an effortless and enjoyable experience for even more people. If you're in the Phoenix-metro area you can try the Mill x R. City program free for 30 days. Sign up at mill.com/rcity

What happens when you take a pioneering local farm - R. City - and innovative in-home food-recycling technology - Mill - and mix them together? You get… A service that’s good for people… 🍌 Customers add kitchen scraps to their Mill kitchen bin daily, which dries and grinds them overnight. The bin transforms kitchen scraps into Food Grounds: a dry, shelf-stable material that doesn’t smell—with a consistency more like coffee grounds. 🥕 Once the Mill bin fills up (which takes 3-4 weeks), R.City will pick up the dry grounds and use them on R.City farmland to grow fresh, seasonal produce—including several varieties of squash, okra, kale, eggplant, cucumbers, carrots, and microgreens—that customers can enjoy as part of a monthly Farm Box delivery. Good for the planet… 🚮 Each year, Arizona sends about 1.7 million tons of food to the landfill while a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that a whopping 58% of total methane emissions from landfills comes from wasted food. ♻ The partnership between Mill and R.City also represents a new product offering from Mill as part of an expanded effort to enable local-loop pathways for kitchen scraps that support community farm partners like R.City. And an innovative step forward to lower the barrier to entry for organics source separation. 💡 The initiative marks the first time people who subscribe to a private composting service—approximately 100,000 households across the United States—can participate in a program that combines the technology and design of the Mill kitchen bin with the community impact of local farming.   Phoenix metro residents can try it for free for 30 days @ mill.com/rcity