The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will launch a program to assist faith-based groups to reduce food waste. A “toolkit” will help how to “organize a kitchen to eat older food first and sample dishes that use up extra food so it stays out of the landfill.” Diverting food from landfills helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thereby helping to reduce the effects of climate change, the EPA says. “Food waste is the number one material sent to landfills and incinerators—more than plastic and metal combined,” EPA said in a statement. “Decomposing food in landfills emits methane, a potent greenhouse gas that causes climate change.” EPA’s toolkit is part of a broader administration effort to reduce food waste 50 percent by 2030.
Eating your leftovers will help fight climate change, EPA says
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