City of Tacoma and Mill Announce First-Of-Its-Kind Pilot to Tackle Residential Food Waste
today announced a first-of-its-kind agreement to pilot a new strategy for using technology to address residential food waste.
- today announced a first-of-its-kind agreement to pilot a new strategy for using technology to address residential food waste.
- Household food waste is the single largest source of food in landfills and also one of the most difficult categories to measure.
- With this first-of-its-kind pilot, the City of Tacoma will gain access to new data on residential food waste that can help inform food waste reduction programs and mark progress against sustainability goals.
- The City of Tacoma began collecting and recycling residential food waste in 2012—since then, diverting up to 1,000 tons per year of compostable food waste from landfills.