CC - 2016-39 - Establishing a Food Waste Prevention and Recovery Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2016-39
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A FOOD WASTE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, in September 2012, the Natural Resources Defense Council
published a report stating that 40% of all edible food worth S90 billion dollars is wasted
in America each year, and that uneaten food accounts for 34 million tons of landfill
waste, 25% of all fresh water used in the United States (US), 4% of total US oil
consumption, and 5750 million/year in disposal costs; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has published the Food
Recovery Hierarchy giving preference to first reduce and prevent waste through
effective food ordering and handling procedures, then direct appropriate food surplus to
people and animals, and direct remaining leftovers to industrial uses and compost; and
WHEREAS, there are safe and legal ways to expand food donations due to Bill
Emerson' s Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of 1996, a federal law which protect
food donors, as long as proper food safety handling procedures have been followed;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemead (City) encourages the highest and best
use of food, as well as other resources, in its " Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Directory," in
an effort to reduce perfectly good resources from being sent to landfills; and
WHEREAS, sending food to landfills generates methane, a greenhouse gas that
is 20 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide Gas; and
WHEREAS, the City encourages all opportunities to enhance energy efficiency
and sustainability throughout the Rosemead community; and
WHEREAS, the City encourages the development of mechanisms that facilitate
the higher priority forms of diversion in the Environmental Protection Agency' s Food
Recovery Hierarchy to stores, markets, restaurants, catering events and other large
food generators; and
WHEREAS, the Natural Resources and Environmental Commission has
recommended the City Council direct appropriate City staff to support food recovery.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY ROSEMEAD DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City supports food recovery and redistribution of food for
consumption whenever possible to encourage upcycling and not wasting food. The City
encourages stores, markets, restaurants, catering events and other large food
generators to donate food on a voluntary basis whenever possible.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 26th day of July 2016.
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Sandra Armenta, Mayor
City of Rosemead, California
ATTEST:
Ericka Hernandez, Acting City Clerk
City of Rosemead, California
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Burke, illiams & Sorensen, LLP
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF ROSEMEAD
I, Ericka Hemandez, Acting City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2016-39, entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
ESTABLISHING A FOOD AND WASTE PREVENTION AND
RECOVERY RESOLUTION
was duly and regularly approved and adopted by the Rosemead City Council on the 26th day of
July, 2016, by the following roll call vote to wit:
AYES: Alarcon,Armenta, Clark, Low, Ly
NOES: None
ABSTAIN None
ABSENT: None
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Ericka Hernandez
Acting City Clerk