New Jersey § 13:1e-99
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§ 13:1e-99.
a. Within 90 days after the effective date of this act, 1 the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of
Agriculture, the Department of Education, the Department of Health, and the Office
of the Secretary of Higher Education, shall establish, or work with appropriate nonprofit
organizations to establish, voluntary guidelines to encourage and facilitate the ability
of K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle
food waste. b. The guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) information on food waste generally, and the benefits of reducing, recovering,
and recycling food waste; (2) recommendations for how schools can incorporate this information in their curricula,
and create programs and activities for the reduction, recovery, and recycling of food
waste; (3) recommendations for how schools can reduce the volume of surplus food they generate,
including, but not necessarily limited to, conducting food audits, eliminating trays
in cafeterias, enacting longer lunch periods, scheduling lunch periods after recess,
establishing “offer versus serve” policies, and allowing students to keep uneaten
food; (4) guidance on how schools can create share tables in their cafeterias where students
may return uneaten food that is still in its original packaging or peel for consumption
by other students, resale, or donation; (5) information on cost-effective, safe, and sanitary means by which schools may donate
excess, unused, and edible food to food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, and other
nonprofit organizations that distribute food to needy individuals; and (6) information on how schools can recycle their food waste, including the creation
of on-site composting programs. c. The Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Education, and the
Office of the Secretary of Higher Education shall post the guidelines on their respective
Internet websites. 1
L.2017, c. 210, eff. Aug. 7, 2017.
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