New Summary Report - 07 March 2018

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1 New Summary Report - 07 March Position (Check all that apply): % 53.9% % 7.7% 7.7% 3.9% 0 Government Employee Municipal Employee Resident Educator Educational or Nonprofit Organization Other Government Employee 61.5% 16 Municipal Employee 53.9% 14 Resident 11.5% 3 Student 0.0% 0 Educator 7.7% 2 Educational or Nonprofit Organization 7.7% 2 Other 3.9% 1

2 Responses "Other" Count Left Blank 25 Authority Director 1 6. Please rate your agreement with the following statement: "I know a great deal about food waste." Strongly Agree 15.4% Disagree 11.5% Neutral 30.8% Agree 42.3% Strongly Disagree 0.0% 0 Disagree 11.5% 3 Neutral 30.8% 8 Agree 42.3% 11 Strongly Agree 15.4% 4

3 7. How important is the issue of food waste to you? Neutral 11.5% Very Important 46.2% Important 42.3% Not at all Important 0.0% 0 Not Important 0.0% 0 Neutral 11.5% 3 Important 42.3% 11 Very Important 46.2% 12

4 8. Check any of the following that you are familiar with: % % 65.4% 73.1% % 46.2% 50% % 7.7% 0 NYSP2I and it's Sustainable Food Program The proposed NYS food waste ban for large generators The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act In the USA, 40% of food is never eaten A landfill is made up of 20% food waste 1 in 6 people in America experience hunger The average household throws out $640 of food each year Sharing tables None of the above NYSP2I and it's Sustainable Food Program 46.2% 12 The proposed NYS food waste ban for large generators 65.4% 17 The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act 46.2% 12 Statistics Sum 22.0 Average 0.8 Max 1.0 In the USA, 40% of food is never eaten 65.4% 17 A landfill is made up of 20% food waste 73.1% 19 1 in 6 people in America experience hunger 84.6% 22 The average household throws out $640 of food each year 50.0% 13 Sharing tables 26.9% 7 None of the above 7.7% 2

5 9. How would you rate your community's involvement with food waste? High 7.7% I Don't Know 7.7% Nonexistant 19.2% Medium 30.8% Low 34.6% I Don't Know 7.7% 2 Nonexistant 19.2% 5 Low 34.6% 9 Medium 30.8% 8 High 7.7% 2

6 10. Please rate your agreement with the following statement: "The issue of food waste is being adequately addressed in my community." Agree 3.9% I Don't Know 7.7% Neutral 23.1% Strongly Disagree 26.9% Disagree 38.5% I Don't Know 7.7% 2 Strongly Disagree 26.9% 7 Disagree 38.5% 10 Neutral 23.1% 6 Agree 3.9% 1 Strongly Agree 0.0% 0

7 11. Check the following that you are aware of in your community: % % 50% % 26.9% 23.1% 11.5% 0 Community composting service Resource Recovery Agency (RRA) Encouragement of residential composting Encouragement of donation of surplus food Low cost composting supplies Other None of the above Community composting service 53.9% 14 Resource Recovery Agency (RRA) 23.1% 6 Encouragement of residential composting 76.9% 20 Encouragement of donation of surplus food 50.0% 13 Low cost composting supplies 26.9% 7 Other 11.5% 3 None of the above 23.1% 6 Responses "Other" Count Left Blank 23 anerobic digestion, vermicomposting 1 commercial collection, residential drop spots, food policy council 1 some outreach education, but not a high priority 1

8 12. Regarding food waste, do you have any suggestions on how your local government could improve? Count Response 1 Food waste drop off opportunities 1 Obtain more grant funds for collection contracts. More food scrap collection haulers are needed. 1 Outreach to generators and potential distributors or users of surplus food 1 Provide a means for organic recycling to our residents 1 Provide better resources and outreach to make composting and food rescue easier. 1 State money needed for outreach regarding the proposed 2021 ban and curbside collection equipment 1 State regulations 1 Resources for recovery, uses for animals (how to get food to farms), industrial process, and then support for haulers... 1 I think we should concentrate on large generators first as residential food waste is harder to capture and is of lower percentage of entire issue. 1 Require generators of 1 ton of food waste per week to divert organics. Enact policy that makes use of compost for certain types of projects a standard operating procedure, i.e. erosion control on highway embankments, and use in park maintenance. 1 With limited resources it is difficult to add more to an already full outreach program, but I think food waste reduction and food donation are the key areas that we, as a gov't, could educate people on. I don't feel there are enough outlets (besides home composting) for us to promote on a large scale. We also do not have the manpower to host a composting demonstration - but if someone else was we'd be happy to promote it and provide some assistance. 1 End market development for municipal generated compost that meets high standards. Brownfields, required soil amendments for road projects, remediation activities agricultural applications/ 1 The County has access to land and landfills. We need to utilize our skills and resources to improve our reaction to food waste. 1 We are working to establish a permanent food waste composting program municipally, but in addition to that, we could have drop spots and/or curbside pickup by the Town (private hauler is their only option currently). We could also do education/outreach on wasted food/food donation, etc.

9 13. Please rate your satisfaction with the educational materials currently available through your municipality about food waste: Satisfied 19.2% I Don't Know 15.4% Very Dissatisfied 15.4% Neutral 26.9% Dissatisfied 23.1% I Don't Know 15.4% 4 Very Dissatisfied 15.4% 4 Dissatisfied 23.1% 6 Neutral 26.9% 7 Satisfied 19.2% 5 Very Satisfied 0.0% 0

10 14. What type of materials are available today? % 75% 50 40% 25 15% 20% 10% 0 Educational videos Educational flyers or pamphlets Quick tips or basic information Web links to external resources How-to guides Other Educational videos 15.0% 3 Educational flyers or pamphlets 40.0% 8 Quick tips or basic information 65.0% 13 Web links to external resources 75.0% 15 How-to guides 20.0% 4 Other 10.0% 2 Totals 20 Responses "Other" Count Left Blank 24 social media 1 website information 1 Responses "Other" Count Left Blank 25 Not sure. 1

11 15. Please rate your interest in a set of free materials you could use or disperse to prevent and divert food waste: Slightly Interested 3.9% Most Interested 38.5% Moderately Interested 26.9% Very Interested 30.8% Not Interested 0.0% 0 Slightly Interested 3.9% 1 Moderately Interested 26.9% 7 Very Interested 30.8% 8 Most Interested 38.5% 10

12 16. Please rate your interest in materials related to preventing food waste (producing less food waste): Slightly Interested 3.9% Moderately Interested 19.2% Most Interested 38.5% Very Interested 38.5% Not Interested 0.0% 0 Slightly Interested 3.9% 1 Moderately Interested 19.2% 5 Very Interested 38.5% 10 Most Interested 38.5% 10

13 17. Please rate your interest in materials related to diverting food waste (backyard composting, community composting programs, worm bins, etc.): Not Interested 4% Slightly Interested 4% Most Interested 28% Moderately Interested 32% Very Interested 32% Not Interested 4.0% 1 Slightly Interested 4.0% 1 Moderately Interested 32.0% 8 Very Interested 32.0% 8 Most Interested 28.0% 7 Totals 25

14 18. Are there any materials you have a specific interest in seeing? Count Response 1 Commercial donation of food information 1 Explaining issue to elected officials and long-term savings. 1 Home composting 1 How to facilitate increased donations to food banks. 1 Prevention and donation 1 Sample weekly shopping lists utilizing all food from a list 1 The County will be opening a permitted food scraps composting facility within a year. 1 The cost of food waste in landfills. As this is currently our struggle as it increases tip fees. 1 Web based match-maker, we can add data to for food recovery. Then a tool for haulers, located large generators and smaller ones. We are working on a data base which would support this. 1 Materials that we could provide to residents at our events about preventing food waste and also encouraging food donation. 1 Free rack cards (or post cards, or small tri-fold brochures), and also videos/resources we can link to on the web, on preventing and diverting food waste. 1 Anything that addresses the connection between the diverted food waste and the useful products that it is transformed into, especially compost, and how using compost is a way to support food waste diversion.

15 19. Would your municipality like to engage with us to help develop educational materials on food waste? N/A 23.1% Yes 57.7% No 19.2% Yes 57.7% 15 No 19.2% 5 N/A 23.1% 6 URL Variable: controller Count Response