This article from the Huffington Post focuses on the ways the food waste ban helps to ensure food security and feed the hungry in Masssachusetts. The food waste ban incentivises donations of unwanted but usable food to Food Rescue Organizations such as those listed on our Food Donation Guide.

Note: The article mentions that there are 17,000 businesses and institutions in Massachusetts which produce more than one ton of organic waste each week. The Massachusetts DEP estimates that there are 1,700 qualifying organizations in the state.