End Food Waste
Nearly 40% of all food in the United States is wasted.
USDA Economic Research Service
Reduce Food Waste, Save Money and Help the Environment
Learn how to incorporate these skills into your life. Check out our recipe cards and videos that share food waste reduction tips in multiple languages. Please choose an option below to see them in your preferred language.
Plan Ahead
Understand Date Labels
Use Everything
Eat Leftovers
How Do You Get Rid of Leftover Food?
After you’ve reduced your food waste as much as possible, what can you do with the food scraps that you still need to get rid of? Keep them out of your trash and drop them off at OCRRA.
We’ll turn them into compost, which helps build healthy soil that grows amazing plants; reduces water runoff (so you can water less, which also conserves water); controls erosion; and reduces greenhouse gases.
Reduce Food Waste, Save Money and Help the Environment
Learn how to incorporate these skills into your life. Check out our recipe cards and videos that share food waste reduction tips.
PLAN AHEAD
UNDERSTAND DATE LABELS
Understand Date Labels (English)
Understand Date Labels (العربية)
Understand Date Labels (नेपाली)
Understand Date Labels (af Soomaaliga)
Understand Date Labels (Español)
Understand Date Labels (Kiswahili)
USE EVERYTHING
Use Everything (af Soomaaliga)
