Michigan city presents a blueprint for reducing food waste
Published Online: April 9, 2025
Written by: Jeff Johnston
"Your mom was right: It’s bad to waste food! And the Southeast Michigan community of Southfield has some fresh advice on how to keep from wasting it.
The nonprofit Make Food Not Waste (MFNW) partnered with the city to produce the new “Blueprint to Zero Food Waste in Southfield,” a guide to preventing food waste and keeping it out of landfills.
Why is that a big deal? Because an estimated one-third of the world’s food goes to waste. In the U.S., that amounts to 103 million tons a year of products that either never leave the farm or factory, get lost or spoiled on the way to consumers, or end up in kitchen trash. Not only could saving that amount solve world hunger, but keeping that much waste out of landfills would reduce the amount of climate-changing greenhouse gases (GHG) released into our air. Food waste is estimated to account for 8% of global GHG emissions. ..."
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