IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1528 
Expressing support for the recognition of September 29, 2024, as 
‘‘International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2024 
Mr. LAWLER (for himself, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mrs. CHA-
VEZ-DEREMER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Agriculture 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the recognition of September 29, 
2024, as ‘‘International Day of Awareness of Food Loss 
and Waste’’. 
Whereas food waste results in the loss of more than 
$1,000,000,000,000 worth of food each year, rep-
resenting nearly 40 percent of all the food that is pro-
duced globally; 
Whereas each year, 783,000,000 people are affected by hun-
ger, and 150,000,000 children under the age of five expe-
rience stunted growth and development due to a chronic 
deficiency of essential nutrients in their diets, and better 
distribution of food could feed many of these people; 
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Whereas global food waste accounts for 8 to 10 percent of 
global greenhouse gas emissions (hereinafter referred to 
as ‘‘GHG emissions’’); 
Whereas food in landfills breaks down slowly and releases 
methane, a potent greenhouse gas with 86 times the glob-
al warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 20-year pe-
riod, which causes the climate to warm faster than car-
bon dioxide alone; 
Whereas reducing methane emissions from food waste is one 
of the most effective ways to combat climate change in 
the short term; 
Whereas 1,050,000,000 tons of food were wasted across 
households, retail, and food services in 2022, of which 60 
percent came from households, 28 percent came from 
food service, and 12 percent came from retail; 
Whereas reducing food loss and waste is a climate solution 
that the United States can use to lower GHG emissions 
and reduce food insecurity; 
Whereas halving food loss and waste by 2030 has the poten-
tial to reduce global agricultural GHG emissions by 4 
percent and the number of undernourished people by 
153,000,000; 
Whereas the United States has committed to reducing 50 
percent of food loss and waste by 2030, as stated in the 
strategy issued by the President titled the ‘‘National 
Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recy-
cling Organics’’ (dated June 2024); 
Whereas the strategy outlines concrete goals for partners of 
the United States Government, retailers, and consumers 
to— 
(1) further prevent food loss and waste; 
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(2) enhance the recycling of food and other organic 
materials to promote a circular economy; 
(3) reduce GHG emissions; 
(4) save money for households and businesses; and 
(5) create cleaner and healthier communities; and 
Whereas September 29, 2024, would be an appropriate day 
to establish as ‘‘International Day of Awareness of Food 
Loss and Waste’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses support for the recognition of 
‘‘International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and 
Waste’’; and 
(2) acknowledges the importance of the imple-
mentation of food waste prevention methods. 
Æ 
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