The document summarizes efforts by the US EPA to address the issue of food waste in the United States. It provides statistics on food waste generation and recycling rates over time. It also identifies the largest sources of food waste and outlines the EPA's food recovery hierarchy framework, which promotes reducing, recovering, and recycling food waste through various options like feeding people, feeding animals, industrial uses, composting, and lastly landfilling. The goal of the event described was to bring together experts to identify opportunities and challenges to reducing food waste and increasing more sustainable practices.

1. US EPA Food Recovery Resources Taking A Bite Out of Food Waste April 9 2010, Philadelphia. PA www.epa.gov/foodrecovery

5. Food Waste - 2008: 32 Million Tons generated 31 Million Tons disposed (97.5%)

6. This is “waste” … this is your money

8. And this is a landfill

9. It doesn’t go away …it’s neatly and safely stored in the ground …

10. Forever

15. Then feed the soil

17. Food Recovery Hierarchy

26. Consider innovative options – but most importantly – Act on them! or become extinct