Representatives from Joint Venture Silicon Valley and the county’s Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission crafted the Cal Recycle Grant, which was awarded as a part of the state waste management agency’s Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant Program, county officials said.
The commission will use the $313,000 grant in their ongoing efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle materials that otherwise would fall into landfills. Joint Venture Silicon Valley will administer the grant.
According to the county, $218 billion is spent in the U.S. on growing, processing, transporting and disposing food that is never eaten.
In Santa Clara County, more than 200,000 people are living below the poverty line and one in six Bay Area residents face food insecurity, county officials said.
The county later this year will be premiering a new mobile food distribution platform called A La Carte, which features a fleet of trucks to collect and deliver surplus food to underserved areas in the county.
“We are committed to finding innovative ways to end waste and, more importantly, end hunger within Santa Clara County,” Supervisor Mike Wasserman said.
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