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SWACO is celebrating the first anniversary of the
Save More Than Food initiative, a public education
campaign launched in fall 2020 as a way to help
homes, schools and businesses reduce their food waste
and contribute to a Franklin County-wide goal to cut
food waste in half by 2030.
Central Ohio’s efforts are being noticed nationally.
Last year, SWACO received a $60,000 federal grant
from the US Environmental Protection Agency to
study food waste behaviors and the positive benefits
education programs like Save More Than Food can
have. Under the grant, SWACO partnered with the
city of Upper Arlington and The Ohio State University
to study the behaviors of hundreds of central Ohio
households receiving Save More Than Food educational
materials. Not only did the city capture and divert
138,000 pounds of food waste from the landfill since
the start of the campaign, the partners also documented
a reduction in overall food waste being generated by
families and residents when given Save More Than
Food resources.
“Food waste presents one of the best opportunities
to increase our diversion rate in Franklin County, further
reducing our reliance on the landfill,” said Ty
Marsh, executive director for SWACO. “I’m thrilled at
the progress we’ve made as a community, but this is
only the beginning. We have a responsibility as community
leaders to invest in initiatives that not only
support and strengthen our local economy but that
help protect the health of our environment for generations
to come.”
Every day, central Ohio residents, schools and businesses
discard nearly a million pounds of food which
arrives at the local landfill, making it the largest portion
of the local waste stream. In many instances, that
food can be used to feed hungry families or returned to
the earth in the form of compost, a nutrient-rich soil
enhancement.
To help tackle this, SWACO created the Central
Ohio Food Waste Initiative (COFWI), a collective of
more than 150 non-profit, education, government and
businesses who have come together to address food
waste in the Columbus region.
The Save More Than Food campaign was a priority
included in the Central Ohio Food Waste Action Plan
published by COFWI. The Food Waste Action Plan laid
out 20 specific initiatives for preventing food waste,
rescuing and redistributing usable, edible food, and
recycling food through composting and other technologies.
SWACO’s successful leadership of the COWFI
earned the organization an award for Outstanding
Recycling Organization for 2020 from the National
Recycling Coalition.
Later this year, SWACO and COFWI will release an
update to the Food Waste Action Plan.
“The Central Ohio Food Waste Initiative is a truly
unprecedented example of a collective impact model
that’s working toward a significant reduction in food
waste in our region,” said Kyle O’Keefe, director of
innovations and programs at SWACO. “More importantly,
recognition of our food waste diversion work at
the national level is evidence of a best-in-class model
for communities across the country with similar
issues. It’s thrilling to see leaders across central Ohio
have a leading voice in an issue that impacts every person
on this planet. The possibilities are limitless, and
we look forward to reporting out on future progress.”
Protect yourself from
title theft and fraud
Franklin County Auditor Michael
Stinziano launched a new Property eAlert
system that helps protect homeowners
from title theft and fraud.
The auditor’s Property eAlerts notification
system is a free service that allows
property owners to sign up to receive an
email alert whenever a change is made to
the owner name, address, or appraised
value associated with a property’s record.
The Property eAlerts system is integrated
into the office’s real estate record database
and provides registered homeowners with
immediate notification of a change in their
property’s ownership or value.
“The Property eAlerts system is a simple
way to protect homeowners and give
them peace of mind about the security of
one of their most valuable assets,”
Stinziano said.
The new system addresses concerns
about the security of property deeds and
the threat that a home’s title could be
stolen by a fraudulent actor who files a
counterfeit deed and transfers the home
out of their ownership.
In addition to the new eAlerts system,
all property transfers are processed by the
auditor’s office and require notarization as
a safeguard against fraud. Anyone who
suspects they are a victim of fraud can call
the auditor’s office fraud hotline at 614-
525-7226.