{"id":1778,"date":"2024-08-13T11:25:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dep.nj.gov\/dshw\/?page_id=1778"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:09:27","slug":"government","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/government\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Waste &#8211; Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Food Waste &#8211; Government<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-max_mega_menu_2\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-0' id='mega-toggle-block-0'><button 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Rules<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-1855\" id=\"mega-menu-item-1855\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-menu-item-has-children mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-2853\" id=\"mega-menu-item-2853\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-sub-menu-2853\">Topics<span class=\"mega-indicator\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"mega-sub-menu\" id='mega-sub-menu-2853'>\n<li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-7293\" id=\"mega-menu-item-7293\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/issues\/\">Issue<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type 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mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-1854\" id=\"mega-menu-item-1854\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"first\">What are the NJ laws regarding food waste?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">In 2017, the NJ legislature passed two new food waste bills; one bill focused on creating voluntary guidelines for schools to reduce food waste, while the second bill set a food waste reduction goal for NJ that matches the USEPA food reduction goal.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][info-box-shortcode icon=&#8221;far fa-file-pdf&#8221; buttontitle=&#8221;Bill&#8221; buttonlink=&#8221;https:\/\/www.njleg.state.nj.us\/2016\/Bills\/PL17\/210_.PDF&#8221; targetlink=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>P.L. 2017 c. 210 &#8211; Voluntary 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