The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored Ft. Lauderdale and 28 other cities last Friday for participating in the EPA's WasteWise program and the EPA's Food Recovery Challenge. Ft. Lauderdale won the ‘Local Government’ recognition.
These initiatives aim to decrease food, municipal, and industrial waste across the U.S. as a means of improving cities' environmental and economic performance. After the EPA provides the tools, participants set goals, track progress, and submit data for the EPA to review.
Almost 800 governments, businesses and other organizations took part in the EPA's Food Recovery Challenge. Participants ranged from grocers to restaurants to schools. In order to divert wasted food from going to landfills, participants reused trimmings, donated to soup kitchens, composted leftovers, and developed other strategies.
In 2013, Americans threw away more than 37 million tons of food, most of which went to landfills. There, it decays and produces methane, which is a greenhouse gas that has 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. The main sources of carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions are electricity, transportation, and industry.
WasteWise Award categories included federal government, tribal government, small business, mid-size business, large business, very large business, college and university, nonprofit organization, and endorser winner. One winner and one honorable mention were selected per category. The recognition may now appear on cities' websites and in locally displayed Banners and tourism Brochures.Get a Free Quote for Banners Get a Free Quote for Brochures
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