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Lecture: Fred Elser First Sunday Science: Food Matters: Impacts and Solutions at Greenwich Point Park
Connecticut’s waste management system is at a critical point, impacting public health, the environment and our wallets. We’re generating more waste than we can handle, and our current solutions—shipping trash out of state and relying on aging incinerators—are not sustainable. Regional landfill capacity is decreasing, and incinerators are closing, creating a crisis in our state. Greenwich is already feeling the effects of this growing problem.
The key to solving this crisis is reducing wasted food, which makes up almost a quarter of our waste stream.
Join Julie DesChamps, founder of Waste Free Greenwich, to learn about the most effective solution to these challenges—diverting wasted food through prevention, donation, and recycling. Addressing food waste is the single most impactful way to reduce our waste stream, alleviate food insecurity and cut our carbon footprint. Discover the innovative initiatives currently underway and future goals of Waste Free Greenwich at home, at school and at work to reduce the impacts of wasted food and empower our community towards a more sustainable future.
Innis Arden Cottage, Greenwich Point Park
