Food Waste Reduction Toolkit

Food loss and waste occurs across the entire food chain but almost half of all surplus food occurs in homes. The N.C. Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS) has developed a set of ready-to-use social media posts to educate the public about reducing food waste at home. The Food Waste Reduction Toolkit provides general tips and facts about donating food, date labels and best practices. DEACS encourages local governments, organizations and interested individuals to use and share these tips to #UseTheFoodNC.

Step 1: Open or download the Social Media Toolkit How-To Guide for example Facebook and Twitter text to pair with the graphics below. 

Use the Food NC - How to Use Social Media Posts

Step 2: Click on each graphic below to open and save the jpeg file. You can then post to your social media accounts and help your community be compost smart.

An open refrigerator with text encouraging that older food items go in the front and newer items in the back.

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Bag of snacks with magnified date label and text explaining those refer to a product's quality and not safety.

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Arms holding box of food with text encouraging donation & saying 1 in 8 North Carolinians are food insecure.

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Abnormal produce with text encouraging the purchase of "misshapen" produce.

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Produce market stand with text explaining that locally-purchased produce lasts longer.

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Open refrigerator with text advising to plan meals around ingredients you already have.

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Cartoon avocado fighting banana with text advising that some produce should be stored separately.

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Person scraping out bowl of money with text: An average family of four wastes $1,500 on uneaten food every year.

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Find additional information about food waste prevention at Use the Food NC.