Pathway 2.

Cross-Cutting Approaches to Reducing Emissions → Materials Consumption and Solid Waste

2.6.9 Food Waste

LPDD Recommendation: "States should adopt laws that other states have adopted on the waste problems posed by products, packaging, food scraps, and industrial waste."

LPDD Recommendation: "States should adopt legislation banning food waste in landfills, using Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law as a model."

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Report, Bans and Beyond: Designing and Implementing Organic Waste Bans and Mandatory Organics Recycling Laws

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Local Governments

Analyzes the structure and implementation of organic waste bans and presents examples from states and cities with existing or proposed waste bans, and offers a toolkit to evaluate options for developing similar policies.

Full Harvest

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

Online platform for farmers to sell their ugly and surplus food directly to businesses that don’t care what the produce looks like because they process it.

NRDC Report, Tackling Food Waste in Cities

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Aimed at city policymakers and agency staff nationwide that are seeking to start a program or implement policies to prevent food from being wasted, increase donation of surplus food, and recycle food scraps.

NRDC’s Food Matters Pilot

Jurisdiction: Local Governments, Private Entities

NGO-led partnership with governments in Denver and Baltimore to reduce food waste.

Seattle Food Waste Ordinance

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

An ordinance prohibiting food waste and compostable paper from going in the trash, with a $50 associated fine.

Milan Urban Food Policy Pact

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

An international pact signed by 209 cities with over 450 million population supporting best practices in managing food waste.

NY Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling Law

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Large generators of food scraps must donate excess edible food and recycle all remaining food scraps if they are within 25 miles of an organics recycler.

New Jersey’s A2371 (2020)

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Amends the state RPS's definition of “Class I renewable energy" to include methane gas from a biomass, composting, anaerobic or aerobic digestion facility. Also requires large food waste generators to separate and recycle food waste.

Get Food Smart Tennessee

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

State-run program coordinating with restaurants, schools, governments, non-profits, grocers, agriculture, and industry to reduce food waste.

Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Bans food waste, including from households, from disposal in trash and landfills on July 1, 2020.