Vermont Becomes First State to ‘Ban’ Food Waste, in Favor of Composting – and Cutting Landfill Waste

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Short of creating a new police department consisting of ‘Oscar the Grouch’ and his friends, Vermont has done almost everything it can to eliminate food waste ending up in state landfills.

A new piece of legislature called the Food Waste Ban prohibits the disposal of compostable food waste like egg shells, coffee grounds, old bread, and fruit skins. While it’s obviously difficult to enforce such a ban, Vermont is the first state to enact such a law, and state officials see it as an opportunity to spread awareness—and they’re hoping for voluntary compliance from Vermont’s environmentally-conscious citizens.

It’s one objective of the state’s overall plan to cut 50% of all trash that ends up in landfills, diverting it instead to facilities where it can be reused, recycled, or composted. With only 36% of that target reached, it is believed the goal can only become a reality if food waste is widely addressed.

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Vermont Becomes First State to ‘Ban’ Food Waste, in Favor of Composting – and Cutting Landfill Waste in Half
 
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Short of creating a new police department consisting of ‘Oscar the Grouch’ and his friends, Vermont has done almost everything it can to eliminate food waste ending up in state landfills.

A new piece of legislature called the Food Waste Ban prohibits the disposal of compostable food waste like egg shells, coffee grounds, old bread, and fruit skins. While it’s obviously difficult to enforce such a ban, Vermont is the first state to enact such a law, and state officials see it as an opportunity to spread awareness—and they’re hoping for voluntary compliance from Vermont’s environmentally-conscious citizens.

It’s one objective of the state’s overall plan to cut 50% of all trash that ends up in landfills, diverting it instead to facilities where it can be reused, recycled, or composted. With only 36% of that target reached, it is believed the goal can only become a reality if food waste is widely addressed.

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Vermont Becomes First State to ‘Ban’ Food Waste, in Favor of Composting – and Cutting Landfill Waste in Half
France passed a law prohibiting grocery stores from throwing away food. They were allowed to donate stale food to charity.
How France became a global leader in curbing food waste
 
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France passed a law prohibiting grocery stores from throwing away food. They were allowed to donate stale food to charity.
How France became a global leader in curbing food waste
In some parts of America, there are laws preventing such a thing. A lot of restaurant managers are understandably heartbroken to watch homeless people dumpster dive and eat like animals but The Law says they can't donate their leftovers to charities, soup kitchens, etc.

It's sick, I swear...
 
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Common sense and long overdue, though I wonder about enforcement. I have an area in the back yard with exposed ledge rock that I got sick of looking at. For a year and a half I've been dumping leaves and compostables there, and the vegetation is already beginning to take over.
 
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In some parts of America, there are laws preventing such a thing. A lot of restaurant managers are understandably heartbroken to watch homeless people dumpster dive and eat like animals but The Law says they can't donate their leftovers to charities, soup kitchens, etc.

It's sick, I swear...
A local homeless shelter accepted donations of day old bread and distributed it to people who wanted. They were limited to a donation of one bag of canned food per month. A local Feed America affiliate trucked food to the shelter food pantry. Individuals donated food to the food pantry. Decades ago there were open top dumpsters behind supermarkets for dumpster divers. Now there are trash compactors.
 
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Short of creating a new police department consisting of ‘Oscar the Grouch’ and his friends, Vermont has done almost everything it can to eliminate food waste ending up in state landfills.

A new piece of legislature called the Food Waste Ban prohibits the disposal of compostable food waste like egg shells, coffee grounds, old bread, and fruit skins. While it’s obviously difficult to enforce such a ban, Vermont is the first state to enact such a law, and state officials see it as an opportunity to spread awareness—and they’re hoping for voluntary compliance from Vermont’s environmentally-conscious citizens.

It’s one objective of the state’s overall plan to cut 50% of all trash that ends up in landfills, diverting it instead to facilities where it can be reused, recycled, or composted. With only 36% of that target reached, it is believed the goal can only become a reality if food waste is widely addressed.

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Vermont Becomes First State to ‘Ban’ Food Waste, in Favor of Composting – and Cutting Landfill Waste in Half
Here in the US all raccoons are in total favor of this law. ;)
 
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Here in the US all raccoons are in total favor of this law. ;)

Actually, it is the bears that are promoting the law...neighbors and several people in our Bible study have had bears enjoying the compost containers. (Most people here are aware that bird feeders need to be removed in early April...)
 
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