Number
241483
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
221233, 231821
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution relative to the awarding of food waste recovery and composting mini-grants to community organizations as part of the Environmental Collaboration Office’s FEED MKE Pilot Project.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Environmental Collaboration Office (ECO) to redistribute $190,000 of the $400,000 federal funds received through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Compost and Food Waste Recovery program in support of the Environmental Collaboration Office’s FEED MKE Pilot Project (Resolution 241483) to provide mini-grant funds to community organizations. The $190,000 in mini-grant funding includes $127,500 to be given to community organizations engaged in food recovery efforts and $62,500 to be used to support composting efforts from independent compost initiatives and as collaborations with those funded through the local share of $25,000 from DPW Operations for community drop-off sites. As with the larger FEED MKE Pilot Project, these mini-grants will support coordination and expansion of several initiatives among public, private, and governmental entities to address the interconnected issues of food insecurity, waste reduction, landfill diversion, and climate change. The Milwaukee Climate and Equity Plan features “10 Big Ideas” to strategically reduce the city’s carbon footprint, one of which is Waste Reduction and Sustainable Consumption. This idea focuses on feeding hungry people by redistributing edible, gleaned leftovers that would otherwise be thrown away. The key outcomes of this strategy are that residents are fed by gleaning edible food, inedible food waste is composted and less methane-causing food waste ends up in landfills. The mini-grant funding supports local organizations, including food pantries, to boost food recovery efforts and compost collection infrastructure.
Body
Whereas, the City of Milwaukee adopted a Cli...
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