{"id":22411,"date":"2017-08-04T09:48:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T13:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=22411"},"modified":"2017-08-04T09:48:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T13:48:11","slug":"with-new-grant-composting-key-to-reducing-food-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/with-new-grant-composting-key-to-reducing-food-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"With New Grant, Composting Key To Reducing Food Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Recycling Coalition received a $50,000 grant that will go towards its Commercial Food Composting Program to help reduce food waste.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>The U.S. spends more than\u00a0$200 billion a year to make food that is never eaten. One\u00a0in 7\u00a0Americans are food insecure, despite the 52 million tons of food sent to a landfill each year, according to the group ReFED.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>Carey Hamilton, executive director of the Indiana Recycling Coalition, says when food waste can\u2019t be reduced where it\u2019s produced, composting can have many benefits, including \u201ccreating a rich soil product.\u201d<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>\u201cAnd there\u2019s a significant carbon reduction benefit to composting versus disposal of organic products in land fills,\u201d says Hamilton.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>The Indiana Recycling Coalition will coordinate among partners who produce food waste, transport it, and compost it.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>Hamilton hopes the work started with the grant will snowball and the program will become financially sustainable once the grant money runs out next year.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>The Indiana Recycling Coalition\u2019s grant is 1\u00a0of 8\u00a0awarded to recipients across the country from The Closed Loop Foundation. The group is spending $350,000 on the awards to aid in food waste reduction efforts.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/><i class=\"\">To read the full story, visit\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/indianapublicmedia.org\/news\/grant-composting-key-reducing-food-waste-124753\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/indianapublicmedia.org\/news\/grant-composting-key-reducing-food-waste-124753\/<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Recycling Coalition received a $50,000 grant that will go towards its Commercial Food Composting Program to help reduce food waste.The U.S. spends more than\u00a0$200 billion a year to 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