ELMSFORD, New York (AP) When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn’t sold got tossed out. But on a recent day, Rafferty, the store manager for ShopRite of Elmsford-Greenburgh in New York, was preparing boxes of bread, donuts, fresh produce and dairy products to be picked up by a […]
California and some others have passed laws requiring food waste to be composted, while others, including New York, require supermarkets and other businesses to redirect food to food pantries.
New York is addressing food waste through statewide initiatives, emphasizing donations of edible food and recycling of food scraps to reduce landfill usage.