HB 2411-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Establishes a goal for the state to reduce, by fifty percent, the amount of wasted food generated annually by 2030, relative to 2017 levels.

Authorizes the department of ecology to estimate 2017 levels of wasted food in the state using a combination of solid waste reporting data and surveys and studies measuring wasted food and food waste in other jurisdictions.

Requires the department of ecology, in consultation with the department of agriculture and the department of health, to develop and adopt a state wasted food reduction and food waste diversion plan designed to achieve the goal mentioned above.

Requires each county and city comprehensive solid waste management plan to include, in the waste reduction and recycling element, waste reduction strategies, which may include strategies to reduce wasted food and food waste that are designed to achieve the goals mentioned above and that are consistent with the food waste reduction plan.