Sustainable Food Management: Feeding People, Not Landfills

MassRecycle's 2016 R3 ConferenceMarch 29, 2016

Christine BelingUSEPA New England

U.S. Food Waste Reduction Goal

Announced in Fall 2015USDA and EPA join with private sector, charitable organizations to set Nation's First Food Waste Reduction Goal

• 50% reduction by 2030• new partnerships • improve food security• conserve natural resources

U.S. Wasted Food Profile

Why Target “Wasted” Food?

Americans waste enough food to fill the Rose Bowl

every day. (Jonathan Bloom’s The American

Wasteland 2007)

Photo credit: Patriots Website

ReFED Roadmap http://www.refed.com

Wasted Food Impacts

Our Economy

Wasted food costs America more than $161 billion annually. A family of 4 could save $1600 each year.

Society 31% of all food produced or imported for US consumption

annually is wasted, yet 48 million Americans didn’t have access to sufficient, safe and healthy food in 2009

Our Environment food production accounts for:

• 50% of land use.

• 80% of freshwater consumption.

• 10% of total energy use.

Join FRC & Take a Bite Out of Food Waste!

EPA Tools and Resources

• Waste Reduction Model (WARM)

• Food Waste Assessment Guidebook

• Toolkit for Reducing Wasted Food and Packaging

• Food Waste Management Cost Calculator

• Waste Tracking Logs

• Food: Too Good to Waste Tool Kit

College and University sector MA

• Boston College• Clark University• College of the Holy Cross• Framingham State University• Harvard University• Lesley University• Massachusetts Institute of

Technology• Massachusetts Maritime

Academy• Northeastern University• Salem State University

• Tufts University Medford Campus

• University of Massachusetts Amherst (Physical Plant)

• University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

• University of Massachusetts-Lowell

• Wellesley College• Worcester State University

Sports Venues MA

• Boston Red Sox-Fenway Park

• Gillette Stadium

• TD Garden

Food Sector MA

• Ahold (Stop and Shop)• Big Y Foods, Inc.• BJ's Wholesale Club• Boston Organics• Hannaford Supermarkets• Price Chopper• Signature Breads• Whole Foods Market North Atlantic Region• Wegmans

Hospitality Sector MA

• Boston Green Tourism (endorser)

• Lord Jeffery Inn

• Saunders Hotel Group: Comfort Inn & Suites

• Saunders Hotel Group: The Lenox

Healthcare Sector MA

• Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Medical Center

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

• Boston Medical Center

• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

• Fairview Hospital, Berkshire Health Systems

Newest Participants MA

Restaurants - Café de Boston, Boston MA

K-12 Schools Katharine Lee Bates Elementary School, Wellesley MA

Westford Academy

Westford MA

Corporate Cafeteria - Raytheon Company & Eurest

Endorsers MA

• Boston Green Tourism• Boston University Community Service Center• Center for EcoTechnology• Lovin' Spoonfuls• New England Small Farm Institute• Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association

(NEWMOA)• EV New England• Harvest Power• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection• Spoiler Alert• Town of Wellesley Sustainable Energy Committee

2015 EPA Food Recovery Challenge (FRC) Awardee:

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Food for People “Direct donations of surplus food has

increased 30% compared to last year”

Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food

Donation Act (1996) –

helps protect food donors from liability

associated with donated food.

“Winooski doughnut maker cooks up a

food revolution” – Burlington Free Press

SLIDE from VTANR

www.chlpi.org/food4people

EPA SMM Webinar April 28 , 2016 http://www.epa.gov/smm/sustainable-materials-management-smm-web-academy-webinar-preview-soon-be-released-nationwide

Christine Beling

beling.christine@epa.gov

617-918-1792