Companies are encouraged to follow what the EPA calls the "food-recovery hierarchy" to reduce waste. The first step is reducing the volume of surplus food generated by ordering less. Other steps ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said the same in its Food Recovery Hierarchy. The next best thing would be for animals to eat it, Holmes said. Pigs, for example, says the website.

EPA offers guidance for minimizing waste through the “Food Recovery Hierarchy”, which involves prevention, redistribution, and recycling. As consumers, we can help prevent the overproduction ...

The Food Recovery Challenge is part of EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management Program, which seeks to reduce the environmental impact of food and other widely used everyday items through their ...

In 2010, EPA began challenging organizations along the food lifecycle to adopt more sustainable practices through its National Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) program’s Food Recovery ...