Washtenaw Food Policy Council
Policy Action Team Meeting Minutes
Use this form to take minutes at each Policy Action Team meeting. Proposed minutes must be available within eight business
days after a meeting. Approved minutes must be available within five days after the meeting at which they are approved. Send
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Policy Action Team:
Food and Food Packaging Waste
Date of Meeting:
January 15, 2013
Time of Meeting:
3:30 – 5:00 PM
Address of Meeting:
City of Ann Arbor, City Hall, 301 E Huron Street
Basement conference room
Washtenaw Food Policy Council attendees:
Nicole Chardoul
Additional attendees (first and last names):
Nancy Stone
Kendra Pyle
Jeff Krcmarik
Carina Easley-Appleyard
Barbara Lucas
Public comment (first and last names):
Robyn Wardell, Food Corps
Note taker:
Carina Easley-Appleyard
Agenda:
Date minutes approved:
1) Review of each Initiative
2) Score initiatives against criteria/impacts
3) Draft presentation outline to Food Policy Council/Commissioners
4) Policy Action Team Goal Review
February 19, 2013
Meeting Minutes:
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Started at 3:30 pm
Discussion about BPI and containers/show of container options by Nancy Stone
Approved meetings from last meeting
Review of each Initiative – case study examples
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Waste free school lunches K-12
o City of San Francisco Recycling Program implemented in 5 schools
o Davis Joint Unified School District Food Waste Diversion Project, in 3 CA elementary schools
o West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority, CA
o Additional local case studies:
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Contact Peace, Love, & Planet in Farmington Hills, MI - Waste Free School Lunches focused
on packaging reduction
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Thurston Elementary School- Ann Arbor, MI composting & recycling
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Tappan Middle School Ann Arbor, MI edible garden
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King & Northside Elementary
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Send email to Ann Arbor Green Schools about composting in school lunches-Carina
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Food waste prevention
o Case studies TBD; Catherine working on the case studies, couldn’t make today’s meeting. Bill Alt is
available to assist.
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Food donations
o Case studies TBD; Noelle and Jeff working on these; discussion about tapping Amanda Edmonds for
state-wide goals/options and Nicole Miller for local initiatives. Nicole will find out where Avalon
bakery is taking their food waste—heard it was going to some type of animal feed in the Lansing area.
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Residential biweekly trash collection & weekly compostable collection
o Portland, OR – 2012 bi-weekly & pay as you throw system, in home compost bin provided by City
Washtenaw Food Policy Council
Policy Action Team Meeting Minutes
Use this form to take minutes at each Policy Action Team meeting. Proposed minutes must be available within eight business
days after a meeting. Approved minutes must be available within five days after the meeting at which they are approved. Send
proposed and approved minutes to Lily Guzman at guzmanL@ewashtenaw.org
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San Francisco, CA - residential and commercial sectors, goal of zero waste by 2020
Vermont –state wide advocacy, currently phasing in mandatory recycling & composting program
Massachusetts- state wide policy, mandatory program, supporting projects before ban (e.g. anaerobic
digesters)
o *all case studies incorporate full-plate scrapings (meat & dairy)
o Grand Rapids, MI – Spurt Company composts pet waste, although U.S. Composting Council doesn’t
recommend it
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Containers (Reusable, recyclable, compostable)
o University of Michigan- reusable container program pilot launched Nov. 2012
o Minneapolis & Saint Paul, MN – reusable container program pilot launched Nov. 2012
o Santa Monica, CA – non-recyclable plastic and polystyrene ban for all food service vendors
o Seattle, WA- polystyrene ban and all disposal products ban for all food vendors
o *would like more information on the process of these programs, issues with contaminated recyclables
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Zero Waste
o UC Davis, CA goal of zero waste by 2020 for entire 10 campus system
o Nicole will add UM and update after talking with Tracy Artley.
o Kendra to talk with Nancy Ruckers and develop a case study
5) Score initiatives against criteria/impacts
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Each of us do this on our own before next meeting. We will compare scores and make sure that our set of
initiatives covers our impact criteria that we want to address. We will
6) Draft presentation outline to Food Policy Council/Commissioners
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After 1st quarter, presentations by all subcommittees
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Consider presentation to WCCSWM, County Board of Public Works to include some county-wide awareness,
include some local case studies
7) Policy Action Team Goal Review
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The Food Waste and Food Packaging Waste Subcommittee of the Washtenaw Food Policy Council will define
most appropriate policy and advocacy actions to complement actions carried out at national and local level;
Consult stakeholders and experts to identify opportunities at all levels of the food chain to minimize food waste
without compromising food safety.
8) Contact/visit with NSF - Melissa Peterson. Sometime invite WeCare Organics and UM about food composting pilot.
9) Grand Rapids food waste collection Organicycle takes to Spurt for $5/pickup – NC to check into this
10) Next Meeting: Feb 19, 3:30-5 possibly at WCC for a tour of their new earthbin at 2 p.m., then hold meeting at usual time.
11) Adjourn: 5:10 p.m.