Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics

64 organizations filed 70 public comments on Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics, at the Environmental Protection Agency. The comment window closed 906d ago.

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have developed the Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics (“draft Strategy”) to help prevent the loss and waste of food, where possible, and increase recycling of food and other organic materials. The draft Strategy identifies concrete steps, and complementary EPA, USDA, and FDA actions, that will help accelerate the prevention of food loss and waste, where possible, and recycling of the remainder with other organic waste, across the entire supply chain. The actions detailed in this draft Strategy will help the U.S. meet its National Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal to halve food loss and waste; contribute to reaching the National Recycling Goal to achieve a 50 percent recycling rate by 2030; and contribute to global achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3. Preventing food loss and waste and recycling food and other organic waste will also reduce landfill methane emissions, in support of the U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan, which identified food waste prevention and organic waste diversion as the top two methane emissions reduction strategies for municipal solid waste.

Commenters (64)

• American Bakers Associationtrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• Center for Biological Diversity

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• Environmental Law Institutetrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• Flexxray LLCunverified attribution

  2 filings · confidence 70%
• National Waste & Recycling Associationtrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• Zero Food Waste Coalitiontrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• American Feed Industry Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• American Frozen Food Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• American Institute for Packaging and the Environmenttrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officialstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Baker Commodities Incorporatedunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Biodegradable Products Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• California Food Recovery Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Chef Ann Foundationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Clean Fuels Alliance Americatrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Compost Crusader LLCunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• CompostNow Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Conservation Law Foundationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Eastman Chemical Companyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Ellen MacArthur Foundationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Environmental Council of the Statestrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Flexible Packaging Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• FMI - The Food Industry Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Food and Agriculture Climate Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Food Recovery Network (FRN) and Food Systems Collaborativeunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternativestrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Global Cold Chain Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Grubhub and Food Systems Collaborativeunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Illinois Environmental Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Institute for Local Self-Reliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Institute of Food Technologiststrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• International Dairy Foods Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• International Fresh Produce Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Ironbound Community Corporationunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Jersey Shore Food Waste Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Lindaben Foundation Inc.trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• LLC dba Stay Fresh Packagingunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Milk Producers Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Mill Industries Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• National Association of State Departments of Agriculturetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Chicken Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Grocers Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Milk Producers Federationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• National Potato Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• North American Coalition for Insect Agriculturetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• North American Meat Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• North American Renderers Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Pacific Coast Renderers Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Recology Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Solid Waste Association of North Americatrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Sunshine Organics and Compost LLCunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Sustainable Food Policy Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The Can Manufacturers Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The Food Industry Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• UBQ Materials Ltd.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Upcycled Food Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• US Composting Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council (USADPLC) and USA Pulsestrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Vivaria Ecologics LLCunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Winds Green Accelerator Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Zebra Technologiesunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%