1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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
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 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."

4. 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

5. 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: 

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Christine Beling beling.christine@epa.gov 617-918-1792
Janet Bowen