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Environmental Impact
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Schools, homes and businesses all can play a role in reducing the carbon pollution in our environment (See greenhouse gas emissions). Pollution is not just plastics, but food waste is a major contributor to the harmful, environmental effects. Food rescue, recovery can make a difference (and believe it or not, you can make a huge difference)!
The impact of food waste on our environment is another reason to adopt food recovery policies. Those interested in ecology and the conservation of our environment or saving the environment has become a motivating factor of many food establishments choosing to participate in food recovery. The environmental problem created by food waste is the methane gas it emits while in our landfills as seen here in our food waste environmental education video. As these issues related to our ecology and environment move to the forefront of people’s minds, the food establishments that are leading in this area will be rewarded. Think of how many businesses depend on “customer rewards”. These rewards exist because research shows that consumers respond incentives. There is one of the reasons food establishments like Panera, Darden, Chipotle, Yum Brands, Starbucks, City Barbeque, Bob Evans, Pizza Hut and many others choose to donate their surplus food rather than send it to a landfill, and one of those reasons is that they are aware this decision is good for their business. By feeding children and families in need with their surplus food, they are simultaneously “courting” customers who believe a green environment is a better environment. They often recognize a given environmental day to spotlight their companies sensitivity to these issues. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)is doing their part as well. They have initiated the Food Recovery Challenge to businesses across the nation, offering their full support of any food establishment donating their surplus food or composting their surplus food instead |
To see how much food waste hurts the environment check out this calculator |
Food Rescue’s role in attacking this problem is 3 fold.
- 1) We connect restaurants interested food recovery with qualified caring agencies.
- 2) We produce educational materials on how to start a food recovery program in your area based on our years of trial and error.
- 3) We want to end school food waste by promoting our K-12 Food Rescue program.
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Food waste and our environment: methane gas pollution
Food Rescue has connected with 21 School Districts with 250 schools in Indiana to begin our K-12 Food Rescue program. 70 cafeterias are up and running and connected with community caring agencies! 70 down, 1954 to go!
An estimated 22 million food items/servings can be diverted from landfills in Indiana with the adoption of K-12 Food Rescue 2024 by 2017 . That means our goal is to receive 2024 commitments by the end of 2017. We have received over 100 national inquires facilitate the implementation of K-12 Food Rescue in school corporations. |