Across the US, businesses waste 80 billion pounds of food each year. While some states have implemented commercial food waste bans, only Massachusetts has seen a meaningful reduction in total landfilled and incinerated waste, according to a new study. Looking at data through the end of 2018, the researchers concluded that the vast majority of these programs had been ineffective.
The study — the first to evaluate such programs — suggests that it’s “not enough to pass a food waste ban,” researchers told Zahra Hirji. Among other things, they attribute Massachusetts’ lone success to a focus on enforcement, with fines and frequent inspections. Today on CityLab: State Food Waste Bans Aren’t Working. Except in Massachusetts
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