Waste360 is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

Need to Know

New Metro Vancouver Program Aims to Reduce Food Waste

Article-New Metro Vancouver Program Aims to Reduce Food Waste

A lot of uneaten food is going to waste in Metro Vancouver.

According to new numbers released Thursday by the Metro Vancouver Zero Waste Committee, thousands of pounds of whole, unused food–not just scraps–are being tossed into organic waste bins.

“When we looked at that food in the garbage, it turns out about half of it–even more than half of it–was never used,” said David Hocking, who handles communications for Metro Vancouver.

Continue reading at Global News

Hide comments
account-default-image

Comments

  • Allowed HTML tags: <em> <strong> <blockquote> <br> <p>

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
Publish