This section introduces policies to eliminate food waste from landfills. These policies include organic waste bans and mandatory organics recycling laws, food donation requirements, mandatory reporting laws that require entities to report on food waste generation to help develop data to support organic waste bans or planning for recycling infrastructure, and disposal surcharge fees that raise revenue for food waste diversion efforts like organic waste bans. This section includes:

1. Organic Waste Bans
2. Food Donation Requirements
3. Mandatory Reporting Laws
4. Disposal Surcharge Fees

This section introduces policies that can promote and incentivize the donation of food (aside from donation requirements highlighted in Section 1), including tax incentives, liability protection, and food safety for food donation. This section includes:

1. Liability Protections for Food Donation
2. Tax Incentives for Food Donation
3. Food Safety Guidance for Food Donation

This section introduces a policy that can help states support and develop composting infrastructure to ensure there is sufficient capacity to recycle food scraps. This section includes:

1. Permitting and Zoning for Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Facilities
2. Recycling Food Scraps into Animal Feed

This section introduces policies that can help states support end markets for finished compost products resulting from composting food scraps, to make the financial case for increased recycling of food scraps. This section includes:

1. Compost Procurement
2. Incentivize Compost Application

This section outlines policies to prevent food waste upstream, including reforming date labels to prevent safe, wholesome food from being thrown away due to confusion. This section includes:

1. Date Labeling

This section outlines other governmental policies and actions that states can take to reduce food waste, including food waste efforts in K-12 schools, climate and solid waste action plans, and government grants and support. This section includes:

1. Food Waste Reduction in K-12 Schools
2. Climate and Solid Waste Plans
3. Government Support for Food Waste Reduction