"Nearly every state-led effort to ban food waste analyzed by researchers appears to be failing — except one, according to a new study.The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, singled out Massachusetts for reducing the amount of food that gets tossed in the trash. But its more troubling findings in other states reveal how one of the most seemingly straightforward ways to tackle climate change is, in practice, a tough problem to solve.Food waste is a pressing national problem. Of the millions of tons of food in the United States, more than 30 percent goes unsold and uneaten, according to ReFed, a research and advocacy group that works on food waste. Spoiled food makes up the single largest volume of material sent to landfills and incinerators, where it decomposes, releasing methane — a powerful greenhouse gas that is heating the planet. A study by the Environmental Protection Agency found emissions from food waste in the United States are roughly equal to more than 50 million cars on the road."
Continue reading the article online -> (via gift link) https://wapo.st/3XpqFZP
The study referenced -> https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn4216
The article is timely in that the Hunger Action Month event Thursday evening featured Spoonfuls.org, a key player in the MA food recovery process. If you missed the event, you can get a taste of the topic in the audio recording made with Liz Miller, Community Coordinator, of Spoonfuls, and Tina Powderly, Executive Director of the Franklin Food Pantry. The Pantry receives 2 deliveries a week of 1,000 pounds of fresh food on each delivery from Spoonfuls.
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| A study of five states’ food waste bans found that most were ineffective. - The Washington Post |
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