Sustainable Management of Food is a systematic approach that seeks to reduce wasted food and its associated impacts over the entire life cycle, starting with the use of natural resources, manufacturing, sales, and consumption and ending with decisions on recovery or final disposal.

Most of the trash that pollutes our rivers, lakes, estuaries, and oceans comes from sources on land. 

The National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship (NSES) provides recommendations on steps the federal government, businesses, and all Americans can take toward achieving the goals identified in Executive Order 13693, “Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade.”

By applying sustainable materials management principles to this sector, the US can reduce environmental impacts while recovering potentially lost economic revenue.