The average restaurant produces about 100,000 pounds of trash a year. There are over 1 million restaurant locations in the United States. That is over 100 billion pounds of trash being created by U.S. restaurants alone. As we face environmental problems such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and overflowing landfills, more and more businesses should be looking for ways to reduce their waste. To reduce your waste most effectively, restaurants should be commercially composting