PA HR327

Joint State Government Commission directed to study feasibility of reducing food waste in Pennsylvania, with report due to House of Representatives within one year of resolution adoption

Study must evaluate incentivizing food rescue operations, diverting unmarketable food to livestock or composting, using anaerobic digestion facilities, and potentially requiring food waste recycling by businesses and individuals

Commission must collaborate with Department of Agriculture, Department of Environmental Protection, at least one nonprofit food rescue organization, and at least one composting or biodigestion business

Report must include comparative cost analysis of composting versus landfilling organic waste and recommendations for lowering financial barriers to composting, including potentially increasing landfill costs

Pennsylvania generates approximately 1,593,109 tons of food waste annually (17% of waste stream), with edible food comprising over 72% of that total