In the MidAtlantic we looked at Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.; in the Southeast, we looked at Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee; in the Great Lakes, we looked at Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Building on the success of the prior reports, we added a report for Colorado; this report features the ten original policy categories, as well as an added category for compost procurement. 

The goal of these reports is to equip cities, states, and policymakers with a comprehensive overview of their state’s respective policy landscape and how it helps and/or hinders efforts to reduce food waste. Our hope is that these inventories and analysis can provide a comprehensive overview of where individual states have already taken action, and where there are opportunities for additional steps.