MORPC meeting notes relating to food waste project:

February 25, 2009 held at MORPC

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are dedicated to reducing food waste through the use of recycling, composting, and better habits of reducing food waste. The Ohio EPA has a Central Ohio Food Scraps Diversion Task Force dedicated to this topic

  • According to the Ohio EPA, the main barriers to reducing food waste is the lack of infrastructure and hauling issues

Hauling

Other sites of composting include the Ohio State Fair and other universties such as Ohio University, Baldwin Wallace, and Kenyon

Kroger

Pioneer in grocery store waste management – began a pilot program in Jelu 2008

According to Kroger, 45-60% of waste can be composted – this includes food but also includes cardboard and non-treated wood.

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