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We are excited to share that Divert CEO Ryan B. will be speaking at #ReutersNEXT alongside world leaders from policy, business and finance this December in NYC! Reuters NEXT is the definitive annual live journalism event hosted by the world’s largest and most trusted news agency. Together, we’ll look beyond the headlines and engage in critical conversations, helping leaders address the greatest challenges facing society, business, and the world at large. Take a look at who else will be joining Ryan Begin on stage: https://ow.ly/2kAX50TZyWw #geopolitics #finance #climate #technology

A new report from ReFED, with support from Global Methane Hub, quantifies the methane impacts of wasted food on the environment and the solutions needed to mitigate it. The report highlights three key strategies to reducing methane emissions, such as establishing organics diversion infrastructure which could avoid global methane emissions by 2.8% and incentivizing business adoption of waste prevention solutions to avoid a further 1.4% of global methane emissions. With the clear environmental connection between uneaten and unsold food and methane emissions, reports like this reaffirm why we're so committed to providing holistic solutions for commercial food businesses. We're delivering the data to help prevent wasted food upstream, optimizing the donation of edible food to reduce food insecurity, and transforming inedible food into renewable energy. Let's protect food as the valuable resource that it is. https://lnkd.in/ecGYG4qw #WastedFood #ZeroWasteFuture #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #ProtectingTheValueOfFood

📣UPDATE 📣 Our Food Waste Legislative Tracker has been updated to reflect legislative changes from Q3, which you can view here 👉 https://hubs.li/Q02VvJ2F0. We've gathered some highlights below to help you stay up to speed on legislative progress in the last quarter. California saw the most legislative activity in recent months:  📝 AB 660 was signed into law in late September, making California the first state to standardize food date labeling terminology. 👏 The new law aims to reduce confusion surrounding food date labels that mislead consumers and result in unnecessary food waste across the state, setting an example for other states and the federal government to follow as they work to reduce wasted food. 📝 AB 2346, signed in September, creates multiple changes to CalRecycle’s organics procurement requirements. Notably, the law will allow jurisdictions to invest in specific activities relating to organics materials recycling in lieu of procuring recovered organics products. The bill also expands the list of eligible products that a jurisdiction can procure. 📝 AB 2902, signed in September, waives rural jurisdictions from complying with collection and procurement requirements until January 1, 2037, in an effort to give jurisdictions more time to comply with SB 1383.   🔎 Looking ahead: 🗳️ As we enter the final months of 2024, only Washington, D.C., California, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania remain active in their legislative session. State lawmakers are focused on the November 2024 election and will begin turning their sights to new policy initiatives for 2025 after the election. It is the perfect time to begin working with like-minded organizations to develop your policy goals for the 2025 session.   📰Check back with us in December, when we will make final updates to the 2024 Tracker and share an outlook on legislation for 2025. 🗓️We encourage everyone to join the Zero Food Waste Coalition State Working Group meeting on October 24th to hear from Senator Edley-Allen, State Senator for Illinois 31st District. More information on how to become a member of the Zero Food Waste Coalition can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e8SBqbUe.  If you aren’t able to attend the October 24 meeting but would like to collaborate or learn more about policy initiatives in your state, reach out to our team 👉 https://hubs.li/Q02VvH3c0. We’re here to help shape actionable policy across the U.S. Together we can end the wasted food crisis.

Find out how Divert’s Field Team helped our customer achieve significant reductions in trash costs, while facilitating an increase in food donations: https://lnkd.in/eqEBZkXt

Congratulations to Jess Parker, Divert's Food Recovery Program Manager, on being named to the Progressive Grocer GenNext List! The list recognizes the most promising next generation of leaders across the grocery industry. We're grateful for your work and commitment to recovering edible food for those in need. https://lnkd.in/ecY597Ax #FoodRecovery #WastedFood #Leadership

1.8M pounds of methane emissions per year is a spooky number, isn’t it? We love the festive decor, but hate the waste. When pumpkins go to the landfill: 👎 The resources used to grow them are wasted (water, land, soil amendments, labor) 👎 The remaining nutrients and resources in the pumpkin are wasted (pumpkins are 80% water💧) 👎 They emit harmful greenhouse gasses: an estimated 8.3 pounds of methane, per 100 pounds of pumpkin waste. With an average 1.3B pounds of pumpkins going to waste each year, according to the USDA, that equates to nearly 1.8M pounds of methane emissions each year, just from pumpkins! We can all do our part to make decorative pumpkin season a less wasteful one by making good use of what we purchase: 🎃 EAT: Pumpkins are a nutrient-dense food rich in vitamins A, C, and potassium. From soups, sauces, and seeds, to purees and pies, there is no shortage of delicious ways to consume pumpkins, even the smaller decorative ones. 🎃 DONATE: Some farms, zoos, and animal shelters accept unaltered pumpkins (i.e., not carved or painted) for animal feed. If you can't find a local donation spot, you can always "donate" the pumpkins to local wildlife by leaving them outside. 🎃 RECYCLE: - What you can do: Return the remaining nutrients and water back to the Earth, either in your own garden or through a community program. - What businesses can do: Retail grocers, restaurants, distributors, and others can recycle their pumpkin waste through a sustainable food waste management solution like Divert’s. We turn wasted pumpkins into renewable energy. 🎃♻️⚡ #ZeroWasteFuture #Sustainability #ProtectTheValueOfFood

Restaurant operators are effectively paying for their food twice--once when they purchase the food, and again when throwing it away. This presents a unique opportunity for cost savings and sustainability, if you can find the right solution. In his article for QSR, Divert VP of Food Service Frenchie Audette writes about why anaerobic digestion is the right solution for managing commercial wasted food. https://lnkd.in/eXKFEzue

"Juul believes that for the fight against food waste to be won, pressure has to keep coming from the bottom up. 'The biggest impact is keeping people aware of food loss and food waste. When people act, other people act, the governments acts, the companies act.'” We couldn't agree more--it will take all of us working together to transform the way we manage unsold and uneaten food. At Divert, we're on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™ through prevention, donation, and diversion. Join our movement to create a waste-free future. https://lnkd.in/e5cr8SVs #FoodWaste #ZeroWasteFuture #FoodInsecurity #ClimateChange #ProtectingTheValueOfFood

Keeping up with the patchwork of evolving legislation to reduce wasted food takes work, and stakeholders across the supply chain are having to keep a close eye on proposed rules as they emerge. In an interview for Waste360, Divert's VP of Public Affairs Chris Thomas and Heather Latino of Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic weigh in on why our new Food Waste Legislative Tracker is needed at this crucial moment in wasted food legislation to keep the industry informed and engaged. Read the article here ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q02SNTms0 Find a direct link to the legislative tracker in the comments of this post ⬇️

Wasted food--63M tons of it per year in the U.S.--takes up one-third of the space in America's landfills, and data shows that we're quickly running out of capacity. There's a more sustainable way to manage the food that we don't eat: converting it into renewable energy. Listen to Divert CEO Ryan B.'s interview for the Energize podcast to learn more about this innovative solution: https://hubs.li/Q02SCvsd0 Thanks again to GZERO Media, JJ Ramberg, Caitlin Tessin, and Enbridge for a great conversation. #RenewableEnergy #WastedFood #FoodWaste #ZeroWasteFuture #CircularEconomy #ProtectingTheValueOfFood