In my area they give a tax break to companies that donate food for the food banks.
Walmart is feeding those in need
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EleventhHour@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They made this bullshit illegal in New York. All food waste has to be donated to the city. You can be fined extremely heavily for throwing edible food away. This applies for restaurants, grocery stores, etc.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 2 days ago
As another commenter mentioned, it may not be truly sent to the landfill, but sent to some sort of scrap processing facility.
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After calling around more, at least one other store told me that they use the fat trimmings for other things, such as sausages.