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Utah State University's Hunger Solutions Institute has organized a Food Recovery Workshop to address the issue of food waste. According to Carrie Durward, a nutrition specialist at the university, a significant portion of food waste in the United States occurs at the consumer level, including waste in homes, cafeterias, and restaurants. Durward recommends meal planning as a way to reduce excess food waste, suggesting that individuals plan their meals before grocery shopping to avoid buying too much. Additionally, Durward advises reconsidering best-by dates, clarifying that these dates do not indicate food spoilage or safety concerns, but rather a potential decrease in quality. [Extracted from the article]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $4 million grant to the Landfill and Recycling Center in Iowa City, which will be used to improve the city's recycling infrastructure. The grant will specifically support the expansion and improvement of the existing composting facility, allowing the center to increase its capacity for accepting organic material. Currently, the center processes 15,000 tons of food waste annually, but with the grant, this number will increase to 20,000 tons. The compost produced by the center is used for farmland, gardens, and lawns. The grant will also help address the issue of limited space for accepting food waste from restaurants and businesses. Construction for the expanded composting center is expected to begin in spring 2024. [Extracted from the article]

Victorville, California is distributing organic recycle barrels to residents with curbside trash services. The green barrels can be used for garden trimmings and food scraps, with pickup starting the week after delivery. Yard and garden waste can be placed loosely in the barrel, while food waste should be placed in plastic bags. The organic waste will be taken to the Victor Valley Facility to be converted into compost and mulch products, with some materials going to anaerobic digesters for renewable natural gas. City residents will also have access to free compost. This program is being implemented to comply with the mandates of SB 1383. [Extracted from the article]

New Seasons Market, a grocery store based in Portland, Oregon, has taken steps to reduce food waste in its operations. The store implemented a software tracking tool to identify sources and causes of food loss, improve ordering accuracy, and prevent waste. By addressing packaging issues and repurposing unsold items, such as rotisserie chickens and berries, New Seasons salvaged 20,000 pounds of chicken, reduced CO2 emissions, and saved water. The store is also using artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to track inventory and inform production and ordering practices. New Seasons has joined The Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment, a group of retailers and food producers working to reduce food waste in the region. As regulations and competition increase, more grocery stores are focusing on food waste reduction. [Extracted from the article]

Afresh Technologies and Albertsons Companies have announced the deployment of the Afresh platform in over 2,200 Albertsons Cos. banner stores, including Safeway, Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Vons, and ACME. The platform uses AI to improve decision-making in the fresh food supply chain, reducing food waste and increasing in-stock rates. The rollout follows a successful pilot in the meat and seafood departments and will enable department managers to place profit-maximizing orders. Albertsons aims to have zero waste going to landfill by 2030 and sees the Afresh platform as a way to help achieve this goal. [Extracted from the article]

R.City, a local farm in the Phoenix metro area, has partnered with Mill, a company that specializes in in-home food-recycling technology, to offer a new food waste reduction service. Phoenix-area residents can sign up for the service, which includes a Mill kitchen bin that dries and grinds food scraps overnight, eliminating the need for messy home composting. The kitchen scraps will be used on R.City farmland to grow fresh produce, which customers can enjoy as part of a monthly Farm Box delivery. This partnership aims to address the issue of food waste and provide a convenient solution for residents while supporting local farming. [Extracted from the article]

Two students at Jericho High School in Long Island, New York, have developed an app called Evergreen to tackle food waste. Arjun Bindra, Jeevan Bindra, and Yashwin Shaja created the app to collect data on favorite foods, which will be used to create better meals and prevent food waste. The app aims to adjust lunch menus in colleges and high schools to eliminate waste by tracking students' food consumption preferences. The students hope that their app will help schools become more sustainable and provide students with better food options. [Extracted from the article]

With proper preparation and planning, families can cut down on how much food they purchase for holiday events - hopefully, saving them hundreds of dollars and keeping excess food waste from taking up valuable space in our landfills. Arizona was found to be above the average in food waste with households in the state tossing out $945 worth of food waste. As 2023 comes to a close, we're approaching several food-heavy holidays. [Extracted from the article]

The composting sites are part of a partnership between Metroparks Toledo, GoZERO Composting, and Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful. As part of its "1% for the Environment" fund, the City of Toledo, Ohio has established three new composting sites in Lucas County. [Extracted from the article]

"Approximately 1/3 of what Nashville residents throw away in their trash is all food and organic waste that could otherwise be composted", Jenn Harrman, Waste Services Zero Waste Program Manager, said. The Metro Nashville area has launched its first-ever food scrap collection program after delivering 750 welcome kits to households around the city. [Extracted from the article]

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. --Denali, the nation's leading full-service recycler of organics, announced today that it has renewed its agreement with Walmart to provide food waste recycling at its 4,700 stores in the U.S. Through this partnership, Denali and Walmart will annually divert millions of pounds of food that is no longer edible away from landfills and toward beneficial uses such as creating compost, feeding animals, and generating renewable energy. Denali is proud to provide services that bring Walmart closer to its goal of zero waste in its U.S. operations by 2025", said Denali CEO Todd Mathes. [Extracted from the article]

"We look at items that are great for Flashfood because they're still a quality product, but maybe not the prime product that we want to sell at full price", said Shane Forshey, store director of the Escanaba Meijer in Michigan. Across the United States, Mejier customers has helped divert 10 million pounds of food waste from landfills simply using an app of their phones. [Extracted from the article]

A briefing to the Leesburg, Va. Town Council says that solar panel and food waste composting initiatives are likely to move forward. Moran has been assessing the energy and emissions profile of Leesburg's operations, establishing a committee, and obtaining software to track and manage sustainability programs. [Extracted from the article]

Making a difference with its waste output, Elizabethtown College is implementing new technology to prevent food waste. Students dump their food waste and scraps into a trash can that sits on a scale. [Extracted from the article]

"We are proud to announce that the LFC biodigester has achieved NTEP certification, validating its exceptional quality and reliability", said Iain Milnes, President of Power Knot. FREMONT, Calif.-- Power Knot LLC, a leading innovator in sustainable waste management solutions, announced today that its range of LFC biodigesters have become the world's first NTEP certified biodigesters. [Extracted from the article]

The Pick n Pay retail group has launched a zero-waste supermarket pilot in Cape Town, South Africa, as the group attempts to lower its waste output. This pilot store for Pick n Pay will test out a net zero-waste strategy by diverting food waste to local farmers, composters, and waste-to-energy facilities. [Extracted from the article]

ISS has made significant progress against its global food service sustainability targets with a collective 30% food waste reduction from its 2019 baseline. Love food and behave sustainably In addition to enhancing its culinary training of ISS chefs, both in waste and Co2 reduction efforts, ISS is initiating awareness campaigns across customer sites and its own locations. [Extracted from the article]

Ames, Iowa is hoping to lower the amount of food waste that ends up in its landfills with a new program. The Resource Recovery Plant is a location where residents can bring their food and organic waste for proper disposal. [Extracted from the article]

A few years back entrepreneurs Louise Fritjofsson and Kari Morris launched a business to create nutritious foods at a price point for more people, knowing that the healthiest foods are usually the most expensive. In doing so, Newberg says, "Digitally-native online grocers can build just-in-time inventories that seek to lower food waste, improving their bottom lines while providing products that are priced closer to that of a traditional grocery store.". [Extracted from the article]

Beginning on October 1, Washington County residents in Oregon can throw food scraps in their yard waste roll carts. Starting October 1, most urban areas and cities in Washington County will offer food scraps composting collection services to single-family homes. [Extracted from the article]

CHICAGO -- EverCase, a technology company focused on the research, development, and commercialization of innovative cold chain storage and shipping solutions, is actively working to eliminate global food waste and build a more resilient food system. The need to act is urgent, and that's why EverCase has developed technology that can immediately make a difference in reducing food loss and waste", said Chris Somogyi, co-founder and CEO of EverCase. [Extracted from the article]

Eastern Iowa truck drivers are helping combat food insecurity through an Iowa City volunteer program, Table to Table. Volunteers like Steve Smith, a retired food transport industry professional, collect surplus food from donors and redistribute it to partners and people who can use it. [Extracted from the article]

Regional grocery chain Heinen's is currently utilizing Afresh inventory management alongside store ordering and seeing significant results. SAN FRANCISCO/ -- Afresh Technologies, the world's leading fresh food technology company, has announced the launch of its inventory management solution. [Extracted from the article]

The city of Los Angeles has collected comingled organics curbside for a few years, but the initiative took a big leap in January 2023, once COVID disruptions had settled down. The Coalition has been tracking new food waste recycling programs and composting facilities as they come online and notes progress in communities of all sizes starting with waste management companies and municipalities working together to open up more opportunity. [Extracted from the article]

In recent years, Noblehurst Farms has been recognized nationally for achievements in sustainability and community partnerships to divert food waste from local landfills. Noblehurst Farms in Pavilion, N.Y., (Livingston County) will combine the butter with other food waste from local food manufacturers and educational institutions and run it through the farm's digester, converting it into energy. [Extracted from the article]

Announced this week by the New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY), all food-related businesses could be fined for failure to comply with the city's new waste containerization rule. A business's first offense will net it a $50 fine, $100 for the second offense, and $200 for all offense thereafter. [Extracted from the article]

Renewable natural gas (RNG) is a clean and sustainable energy source that is derived from organic waste materials such as agricultural residues, food waste, and other bio-based materials. By transforming organic waste into a high-quality fertilizer, GreenEdge Renewables aims to advance circular agriculture through nutrient upcycling. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, infrastructure to responsibly manage organic waste - including anaerobic digestion infrastructure - is being increasingly funded and growing nationwide. [Extracted from the article]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- SPX FLOW's Food Compost Waste Program was awarded "Sustainability Initiative of the Year" by Business Intelligence Group. Launched in 2019, the company has composted 94,000 pounds (nearly 42 tons) in food waste from its corporate Marketplace cafeteria in Ballantyne: https://youtu.be/zfU5H1wc1Xo "We are proud to reward and recognize SPX FLOW for its sustainability efforts", said Maria Jimenez, Chief Nominations Officer, Business Intelligence Group. [Extracted from the article]

"Prices are going up for landfills; no one wants a landfill in their backyard; it's more difficult to find places to even build new landfills", Harrman said. Landfills in Middle Tennessee are being pumped full of food waste and other organics that could be composted causing the city to launch a new collection program. [Extracted from the article]

The Insight Engine update replaces old survey information with more comprehensive and current data from Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment (PCFWC) signatories. A new ReFED report shows the percentage of retail food waste in the U.S. has dropped in the past three years, but not as much as had been thought. [Extracted from the article]

In Cambridgeshire, UK, councils are teaming up to offer prizes to residents who cut down on food waste. The campaign is set to help support residents to make simple changes to their shopping, cooking, and eating habits to prevent food from going to waste. [Extracted from the article]

"We're taking food waste and then we add certain types of microorganisms, and the bacteria is going to use the nutrients in the food waste and generate the nanocellulose material out of that", Dr Dylan Liu, Federation University food scientist, says. Nanocellulose is a tiny cellulose fiber that, according to Dr Liu, is strong and flexible, meaning it is ideal for food storage since it can be used to create cling film and other transparent packaging. [Extracted from the article]

Mayor Andrew J. Ginther announced late last year that the city would open these spots where residents can dispose of leftover and spoiled food, for free, hoping to keep food waste out of landfills. The last two sites will accept garbage, bulk items, recyclables, yard waste, and other hard to manage trash in addition to food waste. Columbus, OH has opened three of the five planned food-waste composting drop-off locations, where residents can dispose of food waste for free. [Extracted from the article]

"Greenhouse gases are a global issue, and our commitment to a lower carbon future extends beyond our borders with our ability to lower global greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing RNG from outside of the province. Viridi, just over a year old, is mainly a group of tech gurus who had worked at Air Liquide to grow its RNG business, then came together to build out this new RNG platform, with backing from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. [Extracted from the article]

Waste360 40 Under 40 award recipient Dustin Montey is the assistant manager at SMSC Organics Recycling Facility, the world's largest tribally-owned composting facility, where he helps ensure efficiency and the production of high-quality compost. Stressing the importance of knowing that you're getting actual compost from a facility that is implementing all the required processes to make a beneficial compost, or an actual composting product - I think that's probably one of the biggest challenges, right now. [Extracted from the article]

Baylor University is partnering with a Texas-based compost company to help divert food waste from entering Waco's crowded landfill. Moonshot Compost is teaming up with Baylor University, taking action to stop food waste from the Waco landfill and instead will work to transform the waste into compost. Then, Moonshot Compost collects the bins and takes the waste to compost facilities where it is combined with other materials to create compost. [Extracted from the article]

Dropping the price of food as it nears its expiration date increases the chance it's sold to a customer looking for a bargain, likely using the product and saving it from going to waste. A researcher in San Diego has found that lowering food prices, as it gets closer to its expiration date, could significantly reduce organic food waste. [Extracted from the article]

Working with renewable energy company Anaergia, VVWRA is co-digesting postconsumer food waste with the wastewater biosolids that it was processing all along in its anaerobic digesters (AD). Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) is the first facility of its kind in California to go this route. [Extracted from the article]

ATLANTA -- Too Good To Go, the world's largest marketplace for selling surplus food with 8.8M users and 140k+ partners, globally, is live in Atlanta. To learn more about Too Good To Go as well as tips and tricks to reduce food waste follow on Instagram at: TooGoodToGo.usa. [Extracted from the article]

Earlier this month, the city of Anaheim, Cali. rolled out a new organics recycling program which will attempt to reduce the amount of organic waste making it to landfills. The program considers organics as food scraps, food-soiled paper and paper bags, plus yard waste, grass clippings, leaves, weeds, and small branches. [Extracted from the article]

To learn more about Too Good To Go as well as tips and tricks to reduce food waste follow on Instagram at: TooGoodToGo.usa. ATLANTA/ -- Too Good To Go, the world's largest marketplace for selling surplus food with 8.8M users and 140k+ partners, globally, is live in Atlanta. [Extracted from the article]

GUANGZHOU, China-- The Food Waste Reduction and Nutrient Recycling Technology Forum was held in Park Hyatt Hotel in Guangzhou, China on July 17, 2023 to introduce US efforts toward the reduction of food loss and waste (FLW) to interested colleagues in China. Recycling of nutrients from food waste from selected sources (i.e., food supermarkets) via industrialized husbandry of black soldier fly appears a more viable solution to food waste re-utilization than general composting and direct animal feeding. [Extracted from the article]

LANDOVER, Md. and WEST CONCORD, Mass.-- Giant Food, the leading greater Washington, D.C. regional grocery chain, and Divert, Inc., an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™, today announced more than 30.8 million pounds of wasted food processed in the first year of collaboration, mitigating nearly 1,400 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Giant and Divert intend to expand the partnership in the coming year to further increase diversion and donation efforts for Giant's divisions. B About Divert, Inc. b Divert, Inc. is an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™. [Extracted from the article]

Red Deer coordinator Kaity Engel says that a lot of food may already be donated to the Red Deer Food Bank and other agencies but notes that more can be done to help those in need. A new group with a focus on saving food waste from entering landfills has launched a new program in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. [Extracted from the article]

Researchers have uncovered a significant connection between individuals' time preferences and their tendency to waste food. "Because present-biased individuals postpone the consumption of healthier food, storage time is prolonged and food more likely to be wasted", the study noted., The study, titled Dynamic Inconsistencies and Food Waste: Assessing Food Waste from a Behavioral Economics Perspective gathered data from 1,273 participants. [Extracted from the article]

Upon discovering that food waste makes up 18% of the solid waste in landfills across Orange County, New York, A local Farmers Market manager stepped in. Karen Wintrow, Lakeside Farmers Market manager, worked together with Orange County DPW's Division of Environmental Facilities & Services Recycling Coordinator Ermin Siljkovic and Grow Local Greenwood Lake's Char Pilieri to put in place a food scrap recycling system to help divert scraps from ending up in local landfills. [Extracted from the article]

BOSTON- --Vanguard Renewables is proud to announce that 88 Acres, located in Canton, MA, is the latest New England food and beverage manufacturer to join the Farm Powered Sustainability Heroes Program (FPSH). Vanguard Renewables is dedicated to ensuring that all businesses in the food and beverage industry, regardless of size, can be a part of the Farm Powered movement to mitigate climate change. [Extracted from the article]

"At SpartanNash, we're focused on innovative ways to meet shopper needs", said SpartanNash Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Amy McClellan. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Food solutions company SpartanNash (the "Company") (Nasdaq: SPTN) recently achieved a significant milestone in its collaboration with technology company Flashfood. [Extracted from the article]

B About Divert, Inc. b Divert, Inc. is an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™. WEST CONCORD, Mass.--Divert, Inc., an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™, today announced the company has processed more than one billion pounds of wasted food since 2021, mitigating approximately 80,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). [Extracted from the article]