{"id":5619,"date":"2018-06-07T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/clallam\/?page_id=5619"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:59:38","slug":"food-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/clallam\/waste-reduction-program\/food-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Clallam County Waste Prevention…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Program\u2019s Food Recovery initiative is here to help coordinate the safe donation of edible food.\u00a0 Recovering food that would otherwise go to waste can have multiple benefits like increasing local food security, saving costs to small businesses and preventing environmental impacts of unnecessary food waste. The Food Recovery program works to match food businesses with excess to receiving hunger relief agencies that can distribute edible surplus foods to those in need. We help create efficient and sustainable relationships, and problem-solve the logistics of safe collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether businesses have raw or packaged food items or already prepared foods, the Waste Prevention Program can help establish processes and protocols to safely cool, package and transport prepared, cooked or raw foods for donation without adding significant burden to the food businesses. We work closely with the Peninsula Food Coalition \u2013 an informal network of food banks and pantries, meal programs, and other service providers on the North Olympic Peninsula \u2013 to ensure recovered food gets to hungry community members and is distributed fairly and efficiently across Clallam County.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe EPA Food Recovery Hierarchy\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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1. Source of Reduction: Reduce the volume of surplus food generated
2. Feed Hungry People: Donate extra food to food banks, soup kitchens and shelters
3. Feed Animals: Divert food scraps to animal food
4. Industrial Uses: Provide waste oils for rendering and fuel conversion and food scraps for digestion to recover energy.
5. Composting: Create a nutrient-rich soil amendment.
6. Landfill\/Incineration: Last resort to disposal.\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n\n

Why Donate Food for Recovery?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n