Bulk is Green Council set to kick off National Bulk Foods Week 2013
The Bulk is Green Council (BIG), a Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing consumer, retailer and grocer awareness of the environmental and economical benefits of buying foods from bulk bins, is again partnering with retailers across the country to celebrate National Bulk Foods Week. Now in its third year, the celebration will take place Oct. 13-19 at grocery stores and co-ops across the country.
A recent press release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated that roughly 30 to 40% of the food supply in the U.S. goes to waste. Further, the EPA reports more food goes into landfills nationwide than any other single material in municipal solid waste, and in 2010 alone, Americans generated more than 34 million tons of food waste.