Case Studies on Food Loss and Waste in North America

The content of this document is excerpted from Section 9 of the CEC report, Characterization and Management of Food Loss and Waste in North America (2017), prepared by Tetra Tech, in association with Robins Environmental and Cascadia Consulting, for the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. [...] The information contained herein is the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of the CEC, or the governments of Canada, Mexico or the United States of America. [...] Source Reduction of Food Loss and Waste; Food Rescue and Recovery; Measuring, Tracking and Reporting Food Loss and Waste; and Policy and Education/Awareness Programs. [...] When a survey was administered to the students who ate at the dining hall, 55 percent admitted to regularly leaving one quarter of the food on the tray as waste and 69 percent of respondents were aware of the fact that they were discarding uneaten food. [...] Key Insights: Although the results may not show a representative sample of the entire country and the database is still being developed, the results of the analysis provided some relevant conclusions that can be considered in designing strategies to increase the cold-chain management in Mexico.