Global Efforts to Measure Food Waste
Posted: June 23, 2016
Categories: Food in the News / GoodFoodBites
The Global Picture
Earlier this month, the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) 2016 Summit in Copenhagen saw the launch of the first ever global standard by which to measure food loss and food waste. According to the World Resources Institute, global food waste and loss cost up to $940 billion every year, and contribute 8% of greenhouse gas emissions. The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard is geared towards countries, cities and companies, so that they may quantify their waste using a consistent framework, and develop strategies to address food loss and waste accordingly.
Closer to Home
The Toronto Environmental Alliance has recently showcased five Toronto community organizations for their work on keeping organics out of the garbage. Discover what Not Far from the Tree, Zooshare, Second Harvest, Mayfair on the Green and Foodshare are doing to to avoid the bin.
These Zero Waste Spotlights are part of TEA’s Organics First: Setting Toronto on the Zero Waste Path report.