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Food Waste: Here’s How to Cut Your Footprint. By Lena Beck FEB 22, 2024 Experts tips for reeling in unnecessary waste. ”The biggest share of wasted food comes from households across the country. In 2022, food waste cost the US $428 billion. Nearly half—48.2 percent—of the country’s uneaten or unused food occurs at the household level.” Use this tool to research current food waste policy at the federal and state levels and to discover best practices and recommendations for policy improvements that will support more food waste prevention, rescue and recycling.

Greenconflict Food waste refers to edible food that is discarded at various stages of the supply chain. This can occur during production, processing, retail, and consumption. Approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption ends up as waste. #foodwaste #foodscarcity #foodproduction #farming #sustainablefarming #supplychain #greenconflict #sustainability #foodsecutiry #overproduction #waste #responsiblefoodsupply #biodiversityloss #consumerbehaviour

Very useful study reveals the importance of food waste in US and is the case in any countries! #foodwaste, ##organicwaste

Big News for Food Loss and Waste Reduction! Did you know? Up to 40% of food in the U.S. goes unsold or uneaten, costing $473 billion in 2022 alone to grow, process, transport, and dispose of the food that was never eaten. The Farm Bill governs an array of agricultural and food programs in the United States, offering a unique opportunity to build on successful pilot programs from 2018 and invest in reducing food loss and waste. In April 2024, Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow of the Senate Agriculture Committee unveiled a comprehensive proposal for the Farm Bill. The proposal includes key bipartisan food waste provisions to combat food loss and waste. Here’s what the Senate’s proposal includes: 🌱 Making the Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction pilot program permanent and expanding eligibility to states. 👥 Establishing regional coordinators for food loss and waste reduction within the USDA. 📢 Launching a national food waste education and public awareness campaign with $2 million a year for five years. 🤝 Requiring USDA collaboration with EPA and FDA to reduce food loss and waste. 🔬 Prioritizing research on food loss and waste prevention and reduction technologies. ✅ Expanding the Agricultural Marketing Service's authority to verify food production processes that reduce waste. Provisions like this help drive the development of technologies like Betafeld’s MatLoop. Let's support the Farm Bill initiatives to create a more sustainable future! #Betafeld #MatLoop #FoodWasteReduction #FarmBill #Sustainability #FoodWaste #AI4Good

DID YOU KNOW: Americans waste a staggering amount of food, discarding nearly 60 million tons annually, representing almost 40 percent of the entire US food supply, with an estimated value of nearly $218 billion. Moreover, #foodwaste is the largest component in US landfills, comprising 22 percent of municipal solid waste.  Several US states, including California, Connecticut, and Vermont, have enacted laws to restrict food waste going to landfills, while national efforts by the USDA and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aim to reduce food waste by half by 2030. The environmental impact of food waste, including water and energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, underscores the urgency for concerted action to address this pressing issue.   IFG Asset Management remains dedicated to supporting initiatives that reduce waste, promote sustainability, and contribute to a circular economy through our impact-focused advisory and investment practices.   #Waste #WasteManagement #Recycling #Recycle #Reduce #Reuse #Plastics #Commodities #CommodityProducer #PET #Glass #Paper #Aluminum #Upcycle #NoWaste #EcoFriendly #Agriculture #Food #FoodProcessing #AgTech #FoodTech #AgriBusiness #Livestock #Feedstock #Grain #Wheat #Producer #CommodityProducer #Commodities #Dairy #Ingredients #FoodAndBeverage #Beverage #CoPackers #Storage #Distribution #Logistics #FoodSupply #FoodSecurity #FoodScarcity #Water #Farming #Farm #RuralAmerica #Rural #SoilManagement #WaterManagement 

Food waste management is typically hidden in the back of our minds, if we ever even think about it at all. As much as people eat food, they don’t think twice about where the waste goes afterwards. For most people and most companies, food waste is simply dumped with the other waste. What many companies fail to realize is that there are actually safer and more efficient ways to handle their everyday food waste. Request a quote today: https://lnkd.in/ggtUydVa #HEC #HaywardEnvironmentalConsulting #foodwaste #waste

No new regulatory actions here, but a concerted focus from the administration on how to achieve the goal that was set in 2015 to reduce by half the amount of food waste in the U.S. by 2030. Hopefully this will be a catalyst that leads to much-needed improvements in local infrastructure and policies to turn food waste into usable commodities like compost, gas, or animal feed. The potential benefits and impacts are huge: ✅ Reducing food insecurity ✅ Reducing harmful methane emissions ✅ Producing an important resource of non-fossil fuel energy ✅ Financial savings for businesses, consumers, and farmers Because food loss and waste is a systemic problem that happens at every stage of the supply chain, everyone has a vital role to play in addressing this issue. Households, restaurants, retailers, food producers, food distributors, processors and manufacturers, and government and policy makers all have a responsibility to bring about the changes necessary to solve the problem. https://lnkd.in/eY_UkH9W #reducefoodwaste #foodsecurity #foodwastediversion #composting #anaerobicdigestion #biogas #GHG #greenhousegasemissions

On this International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, Packaging Industries Limited remains committed to continuous innovation in packaging that helps reduce food waste and protect our valuable resources. Our key focus is to develop packaging solutions that reduce food waste and enhance sustainability—from farming to the preservation of harvest. Our Mama Silage Bags are specially designed to preserve animal feed, allowing farmers to store high-quality silage without the risk of spoilage. Our Mavuno Bora Bags provide a cost-effective, hermetic storage solution for a wide range of dried agricultural commodities, safeguarding them from pests and moisture while maintaining their freshness. In addition, our extended shelf life packaging for perishables, such as milk, uses high-barrier solutions for aseptic filling to ensure consumers enjoy fresh, safe dairy products for longer. At Packaging Industries Limited, we believe the right packaging solutions can make a world of difference in minimizing food loss and maximizing sustainability. Together, we can build a future where food waste is reduced, and resources are preserved. #FoodWasteAwareness #MamaSilageBags #MavunoBoraBags #ExtendedShelfLife #HighBarrierSolutions #SustainablePackaging #ReduceFoodWaste #EcoFriendly #PackagingSolutions

Food waste management is typically hidden in the back of our minds, if we ever even think about it at all. As much as people eat food, they don’t think twice about where the waste goes afterwards. For most people and most companies, food waste is simply dumped with the other waste. What many companies fail to realize is that there are actually safer and more efficient ways to handle their everyday food waste. Request a quote today: https://lnkd.in/gpP2rVRZ #HEC #HaywardEnvironmentalConsulting #foodwaste #waste

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, up to one third of all food that is produced is wasted, but food insecurity still exists as a global issue. In his latest for Inter Press Service, Senior Fellow Ifeanyi Nsofor, MD presents five action-items for tackling food insecurity and food waste. - Tackle food waste at the production level - Develop innovative new crops - Introduce marketing innovations- - Integrate artificial intelligence - Celebrate innovations to inspire others Read more as he goes into detail with examples for each idea: https://lnkd.in/eNMzgUZ3 #foodsecurity #foodwaste #healthequity