EPA Update and Awards December 1, 2016 WasteWise Fall Forum, Tewksbury, MA Food Waste morphing into Wasted Food Solid Waste has morphed into Sustainable Materials Management looking at the entire lifecycle – mining, manufacturing, transportation, use

EPA’s Sustainable Food Management Program Commercial Food Recovery Challenge 2030 Champions Residential Food: Too Good to Waste First, I will discuss the Food Recovery Challenge, EPA’s SFM program component focused on reducing food waste from commercial sectors like grocers, universities, sports and entertainment venues, hotels and restaurants. Instead of constantly trying to manage this fast growing waste stream, businesses and organizations are challenged to reduce it FIRST and prevent food from being sent to landfills. Then I will switch gears and talk about a community food waste prevention toolkit that will become a tool through the Food Recovery Challenge for business partners and communities to use. www.epa.gov/smm/foodrecovery

US 2030 Food Loss & Waste Reduction Goal On September 16, 2015, US EPA Deputy Administrator Meiburg and USDA Secretary Vilsack announced the United States’ first-ever national food waste reduction goal. Reduce wasted food by 50% by 2030. 2015 United Nations https://www.choosemyplate.gov/lets-talk-trash The 2030 Food Loss and Waste Domestic 50% Reduction goal is a federal goal with USDA and EPA taking leadership roles. The baseline for the goal is Per Capita food waste for 2010 (218.9 lbs/person). The 2030 goal is 109.4 lbs/person. The measure focuses on food loss and waste at the retail and consumer level. To quote EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy "Let's feed people, not landfills. By reducing wasted food in landfills, we cut harmful methane emissions that fuel climate change, conserve our natural resources, and protect our planet for future generations" The USDA/EPA announcement presents a major environmental, social and public health opportunity for the U.S., and we're proud to be part of a national effort to reduce the food that goes into landfills."

US Food Loss and Waste 2030 CHAMPIONS Ahold USA Blue Apron Bon Appetit Management Company Conagra Brands Delhaize America General Mills, Inc. PepsiCo Weis Markets Kellogg Company Campbell Soup Company Sodexo Walmart and Sam's US Wegmans Food Markets Inc. Unilever YUM! Brands initial group of companies had expressed interest to EPA or USDA about making a public commitment to reduce food loss and waste in their own operations since the national goal announcement and/or were a part of the Consumer Goods Forum which has a standing resolution to halve food waste by 2025 https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/united-states-food-loss-and-waste-2030-champions

EPA National WasteWise Award College/University Partner of the Year 2016 University of Massachusetts Medical School WasteWise partners for diverting ~7.4 million tons of waste from disposal in 2015!  There were seven National WasteWise award winners including University of Massachusetts Medical School who on the WasteWise College/University, Partner of the Year.  View all National 2016 WasteWise award winners:  https://www.epa.gov/smm/wastewise#awards

EPA Food Recovery Challenge 2016 Endorsers EPA’s Food Recovery Endorser of the Year The Northeast Recycling Council EPA New England’s Regional Endorser of the Year The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

Regional Food Recovery Achievement Certificate 2016 VENUES Boston Red Sox, Boston, MA Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA initial group of companies had expressed interest to EPA or USDA about making a public commitment to reduce food loss and waste in their own operations since the national goal announcement and/or were a part of the Consumer Goods Forum which has a standing resolution to halve food waste by 2025

Regional Food Recovery Achievement Certificate 2016 Retail Grocers Big Y, Springfield, MA BJs Wholesale Club, Westborough, MA Hannaford Supermarkets, Scarborough, ME Whole Foods, Danbury, Fairfield and Darien, CT Whole Foods, North Atlantic Region, CT, RI, MA, ME

Regional Food Recovery Achievement Certificate 2016 Colleges/Universities Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME Keene State College, Keene, NH Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Framingham State University, Framingham, MA Lesley University, Cambridge, MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA Northeastern University, Boston, MA Salem State University, Salem, MA University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Regional Food Recovery Achievement Certificate 2016 Heathcare Hospitality Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Saunders Hotel Group: The Lenox, Boston, MA Saunders Hotel Group:  Comfort Inn & Suites, Revere, MA

USEPA National SMM Program Regional Priorities FY2014 – FY2016 FY2018 – FY2022 Measurement Federal Green Challenge Sustainable Food Management Used Electronics Sustainable Management of Food The Built Environment Sustainable Packaging FY17 When the SMM program was first launched in 2012, the three areas of focused were: 1) Feds Leading by Example; 2) Measurement and 3) Sustainable Management of Food. Each Region agreed to invest 3 FTE per focus area. As we look ahead to the new Strategic Plan, we’ll be transitioning resources from the original priority areas to new priority areas outlines in the Plan. FY2017 is an important transition year where we’ll begin to see the shifting/redirection of resources. Additional Areas: Electronics, Federal Green Challenge, LCA/International, Measurement

Christine Beling beling.christine@epa.gov 617-918-1792 Janet Bowen bowen.janet@epa.gov 617-918-1795