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The Skanner News - Tackling Hunger and Climate Change States Recycle and Donate Food Headed to Landfills

Globally, about a third of food is wasted. In the United States, it’s even higher, at 40%. 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. They argue it saves landfill space, cuts methane emissions and also gives poor families more choices. New York says it already has recycled or donated 5 million pounds of leftover food. ....

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States donate food headed to landfills to cut down waste | National and World News

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, prepared boxes of bread, donuts, fresh produce and dairy products to be picked up by a food bank. It s part of a statewide program requiring larger businesses to donate edible food and, if they can, recycle remaining food scraps. ....

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