VicVinegar88 t1_jadnjyd wrote
Reply to comment by willzyx01 in Boston could be first municipality to require stores, restaurants, and hotels to donate leftover food by uxd
It will work if they partner with charitable organizations. When I lived in Toronto, my co-worker organized weekly pickup through Second Harvest where we would go pick up food from participating stores and then drop off at a food pantry/church.
It worked well. The stores had stuff packed up for us and it would go directly to the people who need it that day.
Anustart15 t1_jae4m46 wrote
>It will work if they partner with charitable organizations.
What if there isn't enough demand for the leftovers? I can't imagine there's an infrastructure that can just be turned on to accommodate this. It's an absolutely massive amount of food
aednichols t1_jaea0ua wrote
The only sensible way to write this policy is right of first refusal on behalf of the charity.
Otherwise, the charities will become inadvertent waste haulers dealing with more food than they can distribute.
mpjjpm t1_jaenv6f wrote
I’d say right if first refusal to charity, and mandatory composting for anything left after that. Alternative to composting would be give/sell to farmers who can sterilize the waste and feed it to pigs. Really, anything to keep it out of the waste stream.
aednichols t1_jaenzaq wrote
Pretty sure those other things have already been the law for a while.
Academic_Guava_4190 t1_jae6mua wrote
I would guess when you are hungry you will eat what you are given.
Anustart15 t1_jae8ujf wrote
That's not the problem. It's getting it from the stores to the hungry people. Someone has to organize and staff the charities accepting the food. If there aren't enough people to do that for all the food being given away, food will have nowhere to go
DJBunnies t1_jaeyl8m wrote
So we need the DoorDash for charitable meals?
Anustart15 t1_jaf1siq wrote
More like we would need funding for someone to pay drivers. Seems pretty onerous to put the costs of a massive charitable endeavor directly on the businesses
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