Pledge to Reduce Food Waste

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Why? In 2019, the U.S. let a 24% of all food - 54 million tons - become food waste, which goes straight to landfill, incineration, or down the drain, or is simply left in the fields to rot. That's almost 90 billion meals' worth of food we're letting go unsold or uneaten each year, roughly 2% of U.S. GDP. And the impacts of surplus food and food waste on our climate and environment are enormous, since food that is never eaten still requires resources to grow, harvest, transport, cool, cook or otherwise prepare - even when it ends up being disposed of. If food waste was it's own country, it would be the third largest producer of GHG (air pollution) behind China and the U.S. Those gases makes it harder to produce food.

Around the world, food waste has been recognized as an urgent issue requiring immediate action - the United Nations, U.S. government, European Parliament, global business coalitions such as the Consumer Goods Forum, and more have all set goals to cut food loss and waste in half by 2025 or 2030. (source: https://refed.org/food-waste/the-problem/)

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I pledge to do one (or more) in the next few months *

Take smaller portions that I know I can eat

Plan my/our meals around what's in my pantry and refrigerator

Use a shopping list to purchase only what I/we'll be able to eat

When all else fails, compost what I/we don't eat

Receive an email from ESRAG'S Food Waste Task Force about the Food Too Good To Waste Challenge

Other:

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I'll work with my club and club caterers to

Bring in a speaker on food waste or Lunch out of Landfills

Plan around the number of attendees & portion sizes to reduce waste

Solicit volunteers to take leftovers to shelters or pantries

Compost what can't be shared

Help start a Lunch out of Landfills in a local school

Support efforts to reduce food waste in our community

Other:

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Africa

Latin America

North America

East Asia

Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East

Europe

Oceania

South Asia

Optional: your Rotary district & club

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