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Four Central Oregon organizations have each won a grant from The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Community Grants Program to support waste reduction efforts in four categories: Increased diversion through recycling, expanded reuse, education in single-use waste reduction,
‘Rethink Food Waste Challenge’ focuses on multifamily housing
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Can you imagine buying four bags of groceries and dropping one of them in the trash can in front of the store on the way out? That might sound strange, but the fact is that an average of a quarter of each household’s food ends up getting wasted.
Globally, 40% of food is wasted through the supply chain becoming a social, financial, and environmental issue.
The Rethink Waste Project is running their third Rethink Food Waste Challenge, which will run January 4 - 31, this time designed specifically to help people who live in multifamily housing reduce their wasted food at home.