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Urban Surplus Food Recovery Model
1. U.S. EPA Food Recovery
Challenge
Urban Surplus
Food Recovery Model
Divert food waste – seeking a Hunger-Free
Community
10/3/2013
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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2. USA Food Waste in the Big Picture
FAC
~110,000
cuft
USA sent 70
billion pounds of
food to landfills
in 2011
How many times
would that
amount of food
fill the FAC
?
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4. Pilot project in Philadelphia to capture
surplus food
Create a food waste
prevention method
that can be used by
any city or town to
build a:
Food Secure
Community
6. The Food Gap
2,200,000 pounds needed
160,000
pounds
now
6,300,000 pounds now
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7. Food Sources: what to expect
Sector Participation (%) Diversion(tons)
Grocers (33) 50 50
Restaurants 10 42
(189)
Hotels (4) 30 9
Colleges (6) 60 36
K-12 (13) 20 2
Farmers
Markets (5) 25 2
Hospitals (4) 40 19
Households 5 10
(17,169)
Totals 341,200 pounds per month or
~ 11,400 pounds per day
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Grocer
Restaurant
Hotel
Colleges
K-12
Farmers
Mkts
Hospitals
Households
8. Approach and Key Elements
• Community economic organization lead
• Lots of surplus food sources
• Existing “green” initiatives and infrastructure
• Food rescue and distribution
• Lots and lots of community partners
• All-in attitude
• Build on the EPA Food Recovery Challenge
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Current Events
http://universitycity.org/university-
city-food-recycling-project
Goals and Status
•Double residential
composting – currently up
40%
•Increase first year
donations by 50,000
pounds – working with12
new sources
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Food Recovery Challenge Contacts at USEPA,
Region 3, Philadelphia
1. Tom O’Donnell, 215-814-2874,
odonnell.tom@epa.gov
2. Luke Wolfgang, 215-814-2913,
wolfgang.luke@epa.gov
