Yolo County cuts food waste by nearly 200 tons since 2024

Yolo County has reduced the amount of food waste it produces or sends for disposal by nearly 200 tons since 2024. The change gives the county a measurable reduction in food waste over that period.

The reduction is the key development. Food waste can include discarded food and related material, but the specific categories included in the county’s figure are not stated here.

No specific program, facility, measurement method or official statement is identified here, so the reduction is best understood as the reported topline result.

The reported change

The county’s food-waste reduction is nearly 200 tons compared with 2024. The figure describes the size of the reduction, not a total amount of food waste handled by the county.

What remains to be tracked

Future updates would show whether the reduction continues and how Yolo County defines and measures food waste over time.