Clark University in Worcester was one of 14 organization honored nationally by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for diverting food waste out of landfills.
Clark received an honorable mention in the national Food Recovery Challenge for its dining services managed by Sodexo that reduced food waste at the source of its use.
The challenge is part of an effort by EPA to prevent food waste from going to landfills, where it decomposes and creates the harmful greenhouse gas methane. Food left to decompose outside of landfill typically helps the environment and can be used as a fertilizer or a way to generate electricity.
BJs Wholesale Club in Westborough also received a special certificate from the EPA’s food waste program, for helping to divert more than 38,000 tons of food in New England in 2014.
