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Each year, the United States throws away 40% of its
food supply - That’s 67.58 billion pounds of waste going
into the landfill, damaging our environment.
FOOD RESCUE US APP
50,000,000+ Million Americans are food insecure. This innovative
App was designed as a solution to the food waste problem.
Wherever you are – and however much time you have – the app lets
you play a critical role in rescuing and delivering meals to people
in need - and makes bridging the gap between excess and access
possible. Since 2011, food rescuers at Food Rescue US have rescued
and delivered over 20 million fresh and healthy meals to people
who don’t have enough to eat. Get involved, go to foodrescue.us.
*In July 2013, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to put forward
regulations to ban businesses of a certain size from sending organics to landfills
or incinerators.
Did you know that the urban waste produced from
cities around the world is enough to fill a line of
garbage trucks stretching more than 3,100 miles - that’s
a distance from Florida to Washington – every day!
ZERO WASTE BY 2020
San Francisco has set a goal to go Zero Waste by 2020! That
means zero discards are sent to the landfill or high-temperature
destruction. Instead, products are designed and used according
to the principle of highest and best use and the waste
reduction hierarchy:
• Prevent waste
• Reduce and reuse first
• Recycle and compost
Composting and recycling more can help residents, businesses
and city government save money, conserve natural resources, and
prevent pollution.
To achieve 100 percent zero waste, SF Environment will continue
to advocate for state legislation and partner with producers to
develop a producer responsibility system, where producers design
better products and take responsibility for the entire life-cycle of a
product, including take-back and recycling.
From the San Francisco Department of the Environment you can
learn more about the Zero Waste City (www.sfenvironment.org/
zero-waste-by-2020).
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