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State programs recycle food waste in effort to alleviate hunger and slow diminishing landfill space
March 11, 2024
“What’s shocking to people often is not only how much we waste … but also the impact,” said Emily Broad Leib, a Harvard University law professor and director of the school’s Food Law and Policy Clinic. “Food waste causes about 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.”