Commercial Food Waste Prevention Indiana Food Scrap Initiative - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presenter: Dori Chandler, March 16th, 2016

Commercial Food Waste Prevention

Indiana Food Scrap Initiative

Presentation Overview

• Historical Perspective
• Waste Stream
• Opportunities
• Tools

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Measurement and Analytics

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Marketing, Education, Outreach

• Case Studies
• Additional Resources

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Hunter-Gatherer Society

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City Development

By Edward Dodwell - Edward Dodwell: Views in Greece, London 1821, p. 51 (scan), Public Domain

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Commerce

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Cities of Today

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Food Waste in Broad Ripple Dumpster

Public Domain Historical Perspective

Waste Stream

Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Case Studies Resources

Alternative Uses for Food Waste!

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Food Waste Used for Art

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Landfills in Indiana

Losses

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Financial: $165-218 Billion (1.3% of GDP) Resource: ~600,000 Tons/Year Social: 50 Million People

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Food Recovery Hierarchy

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Indiana Labor Market Conditions

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Prevention Opportunities in the Supply Chain

NRDC Report 2012/ Food and Ag Organ. 2011

Commercial Generators

Historical Perspective Waste Stream Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Case Studies Resources DSNY Data

• Largest commercial

contribution by volume: ○Restaurants ○Supermarkets ○Food Service Institutions

ReFed Economics Analysis 2016 Report

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Business Opportunities

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Restaurants and Food Operators Retail and Supermarkets All Business Beyond the Store

• Flexibility in Contract
• Ease Cosmetic

Standards

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Large Scale

City, State, Municipality Role

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• Set Targets
• Grants and Incentives
• Standardize Labelling
• Procurement Policies

Challenges

• Lack of Data
• Inventory Control
• Technical Capacity
• Waste Stream Surveys
• Private/Municipal

Supporting Infrastructure

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Tools

• Waste Assessment
• Waste Tracking Systems -

EPA Re-TRAC, LeanPath

• Marketing, Education,

Outreach - Ugly Fruit Campaign

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EPA Re-TRACK: Standardization

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Waste Tracking: LeanPath

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Marketing, Education & Outreach

Sodexo

• Implemented Proprietary

Waste Tracking System

• Trained and Incentivized

Employees

• Serving Pan Size Reduction

Towards End of Meal

• Huge Cost Savings
• Food Savings of ⅓
• 8 College Campuses
• “Stop Wasting Food“

Campaign

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Imperfect Produce

• “Food Waste Industry”
• San Francisco Start-Up
• Pay Less for Ugly Fruit/Veg
• Social Media
• Founders of Food Recovery

Network

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Breweries

• Bell’s Brewery – Michigan, went

from 50% to a 93% diversion.

• New Belgium Brewery – Colorado,

diverted 94.38% of its waste from landfills

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Farmer’s Markets

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“Free/Reduced Price Box” Healthy Food For All - Subsidized CSA share from farms with

Additional Resources

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• Biocycle - www.biocycle.net
• LeanPath - www.leanpath.com
• EPA Food Recovery - www.epa.gov
• ReFED - www.refed.com
• Feeding the 5000 - www.feedbackglobal.org
• Copia - www.gocopia.com

– Enables businesses to receive a tax write-off and a reduction in disposal costs for providing meals to communities in need.

• The Archaeology of Garbage by William Rathje
• Food Waste Reduction Alliance - www.foodwastealliance.org/

Summary

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• Prevention Challenges are Environmental Impacts, Resource

Distribution, Financial Loss

• Food Recovery Hierarchy Prevention
• Opportunities Exist in Waste Tracking and Analytics, Smaller Plates,

Standardized Data Labelling, Consumer Education Campaigns, Packaging Adjustments.

• Conducting Waste Assessment, Followed by Continual Data

Collection and Analysis

• Need support and Buy-in of Staff and Stakeholders

Questions & Comments?

In the past thirty years, how has the size of the average chocolate chip cookie changed? A) Decreased in half B) Stayed the same C) Quadrupled in size D) Tripled in size In the past thirty years, how has the size of the average chocolate chip cookie changed? A) Decreased in half B) Stayed the same C) Quadrupled in size D) Tripled in size