ELMSFORD, N.Y. (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 food […]
When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn't sold got tossed out. It's part of a statewide program requiring larger businesses to donate edible food and, if they can, recycle remaining food scraps. “Years ago, everything went in the garbage . to the landfills, the compactors or wherever it was,” said Rafferty, who has 40 years in the industry.
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A growing number of states are working to keep food out of landfills over concerns the waste is taking up too much space and posing environmental problems