The Hidden Waste Crisis
Every Day, We Bury the Equivalent of 450+ Walmart Supercenters Full of Usable Goods.
Imagine walking into a fully stocked Walmart groceries, clothes, electronics, everything.
Now imagine dumping all of it in the ground.
Not once a year.
Every. Single. Day.
That’s the scale of waste we create in the U.S.:
Daily Waste BreakdownÂ
| Category | What We Waste | Walmart-Equivalent per Day |
|---|---|---|
| Food | 63 million tons/year | ~315 Supercenters |
| Clothing | 11 million tons/year | ~55 Supercenters |
| Electronics | 6.9 million tons/year | ~35 Supercenters |
| Plastics | 10 million tons/year | ~50 Supercenters |
| Total | 90+ million tons/year | ~455 Supercenters/day |
And these are items people still need.
Not broken. Not useless. Just wasted.
Meanwhile…
35 million Americans face food insecurity.
Millions of students can’t afford working laptops.
Textile pollution contaminates water.
E-waste leaches toxins into soil and air.
💡 What If Waste Wasn’t Wasted?
At Natcycle, we believe in diverting, not dumping.
We’re building a system where:
✅ Food feeds people, not landfills
✅ Clothes are reused, not trashed
✅ Electronics are repaired, not buried
✅ Plastics get repurposed, not pollute oceans