Commercial Food Waste Prevention Indiana Food Scrap Initiative Presenter: Dori Chandler, March 16th, 2016
Presentation Overview • Historical Perspective • Waste Stream • Opportunities • Tools Measurement and Analytics – Marketing, Education, Outreach – • Case Studies • Additional Resources
Hunter-Gatherer Society Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
City Development Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Commerce By Edward Dodwell - Edward Dodwell: Views in Greece, London 1821, p. 51 (scan), Public Domain Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Cities of Today Historical Waste Case Public Domain Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Food Waste in Broad Ripple Dumpster Pictures by Dori Chandler Historical Waste Case Public Domain Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Alternative Uses for Food Waste! Historical Waste Case Public Domain Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Food Waste Used for Art Historical Waste Case Public Domain Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Landfills in Indiana Historical Waste Case Public Domain Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Losses Financial: $165-218 Billion (1.3% of GDP) Resource: ~600,000 Tons/Year Social: 50 Million People Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Food Recovery Hierarchy Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Indiana Labor Market Conditions Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Prevention Opportunities in the Supply Chain NRDC Report 2012/ Food and Ag Organ. 2011 Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Commercial Generators ● Largest commercial contribution by volume: ○ Restaurants ○ Supermarkets ○ Food Service Institutions DSNY Data Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
ReFed Economics Analysis 2016 Report Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Business Opportunities Restaurants Retail and and Food Supermarkets Operators Beyond the All Business Store Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Large Scale ● Flexibility in Contract ● Ease Cosmetic Standards Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
City, State, Municipality Role ● Set Targets ● Grants and Incentives ● Standardize Labelling ● Procurement Policies Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Challenges • Lack of Data • Inventory Control • Technical Capacity • Waste Stream Surveys • Private/Municipal Supporting Infrastructure Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Tools • Waste Assessment • Waste Tracking Systems - EPA Re-TRAC, LeanPath • Marketing, Education, Outreach - Ugly Fruit Campaign Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
EPA Re-TRACK: Standardization Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Waste Tracking: LeanPath Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Marketing, Education & Outreach Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Sodexo • Implemented Proprietary • Huge Cost Savings Waste Tracking System • Food Savings of ⅓ • Trained and Incentivized • 8 College Campuses Employees • “ Stop Wasting Food “ • Serving Pan Size Reduction Campaign Towards End of Meal Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Imperfect Produce • “Food Waste Industry” • San Francisco Start-Up • Pay Less for Ugly Fruit/Veg • Social Media • Founders of Food Recovery Network Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Breweries • Bell’s Brewery – Michigan, went from 50% to a 93% diversion. • New Belgium Brewery – Colorado, diverted 94.38% of its waste from landfills Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Farmer’s Markets “Free/Reduced Price Box” Healthy Food For All - Subsidized CSA share from farms with Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Additional Resources • 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/ Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Summary • 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 Historical Waste Case Hierarchy Opportunities Tools Resources Perspective Stream Studies
Questions & Comments? In the past thirty years, how In the past thirty years, how has the size of the average has the size of the average chocolate chip cookie chocolate chip cookie changed? changed? A) Decreased in half A) Decreased in half B) Stayed the same B) Stayed the same C) Quadrupled in size C) Quadrupled in size D) Tripled in size D) Tripled in size
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