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. Globally, about a
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.