epas food recovery challenge - janet bowen epa region 1
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EPAs Food Recovery Challenge
http://www.epa.gov/foodrecoverychallenge
EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge
http://www.epa.gov/foodrecoverychallenge
EPA’s Toolkit for Reducing Wasted
Food and PackagingA Guide for Food
Services and Restaurants
http://www.epa.gov/foodrecovery/tools/index.htm
Toolkit for Reducing Wasted Food and PackagingThe Materials
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• Customized logs and Excel Spread Sheet - Track daily amount, type and reason for wasted food & packaging - Tool generates customizable paper logs - Enter data into Excel spreadsheet tool - Tool creates graphs and data summaries to identify patterns
• Guidebook - helps turn audit results into action
Conducting a Food Waste Assessment
The Materials• Guidebook• Narrated Slideshow
Conducting a Food Waste Assessment Purpose
To provide new and potential FRC participants with instructional material on how to conduct a food waste assessment.
Objective"What gets measured gets managed." - Peter DruckerDefine clear, measurable goals.
Materials: Guidebook Components1. Develop Assessment Goals2. Complete Pre-assessment Questionnaire3. Plan the assessment process4. Identify Logistics5. Conducting assessment and collecting data6. Analyze and report results7. Resources8. Appendix
Conducting a Food Waste Assessment
• Shortened version of the guidebook
• Designed to be viewed in collaborative team environment
• Available soon at www.epa.gov/foodrecovery
Materials: Narrated Slideshow
Details for Joining the FRC1. Join the Food Recovery Challenge at https://connect.re-trac.com/register/epafrc
2. Set a baseline• Assess it: Conduct an inventory of your food waste. Baseline data provides a starting point for setting
goals and tracking progress. • Submit it Baseline data must be entered and submitted through the SMM Data Management System
within 90 days of registering for the Challenge.
3. Set a goal • Choose Your Actions: prevention, donation, and composting• Submit it: Baseline goal must be entered and submitted through the SMM Data Management System
within 90 days of registering for the Challenge.
4. Track it: Report annually • Enter annual data and goal by March 31st each year
5. Get Recognized!• Annual awards for outstanding participants
New England Institutions Honored for Food Waste Recycling Efforts on America Recycles Day Release Date: 11/15/2013Contact Information: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017
(Boston, Mass. – Nov. 15, 2013) - In honor of America Recycles Day, two colleges in Massachusetts and a senior living facility in Connecticut were honored this week by EPA for their success in keeping extra food out of landfills and getting it to people who are hungry. In addition, regional achievement awards were given to 12 other organizations in three New England states. EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge invites organizations nationwide to reduce the amount of food they buy and throw out and to divert surplus food to feed people, thus reducing their environmental footprint. In New England, more than 50 stores, school, hotels, restaurants, sporting venues and other businesses participate in the challenge. The University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Clark University in Worcester, Mass. and the Orchards assisted living community in Southington, Conn., were among the nine National 2013 winners of the EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge…..
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650+ Partners Nationallyhttp://www.epa.gov/smm/foodrecovery/participants.htm
Grocers-Venues-College/Universities-Hotels/RestaurantsHealthcare Facilities
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EPA Food Recovery Challenge
Contact Information
Janet [email protected]
(617) 918-1795
Christine [email protected]
(617) 918-1792
Join the Regional Food Recovery Challenge email group!