The USCC Joins the Food Waste Action Plan

The US Composting Council joined 46 other nonprofits, Universities, and municipal governments in calling for action on food waste and food insecurity. With extra food in the fields that could go to the millions of Americans who are hungry, the time to act is now! The US Food Loss & Waste Policy Action Plan for Congress and the Administration calls for the following:

1. Invest in the infrastructure to measure, rescue, recycle, and prevent organic waste from entering landfills and incinerators.
2. Expand incentives to institutionalize surplus food donation and strengthen regional supply chains.
3. Assert the US government’s leadership on FLW globally and domestically.
4. Educate and activate consumers via private and public food waste behavior change campaigns.
5. Require a national date labeling standard.