An Act to establish a national strategy to reduce the amount of wasted food in Canada
Bill C-360 was an NDP Private Member's Bill establishing a national strategy to reduce the amount of plastic and food waste in Canada. Canada generates approximately 31 million tonnes of waste annually per Statistics Canada, with food waste alone representing approximately 35.5 million tonnes per year through the food-supply-chain (Statistics Canada and Second Harvest 2024 estimates). The bill called for federal-provincial coordination on Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (currently provincial under Ontario's RPRA Act 2016, BC's Recycling Regulation 2004, Quebec's Bill 30 of 2022), expanded Local Food Infrastructure Fund, mandatory federal annual Food Waste Reporting under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. Did not pass second reading.
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Would require a national strategy to cut food waste, with federal-provincial coordination and annual reporting. Canada loses about 35.5 million tonnes of food a year across the supply chain. An NDP private member's bill; it did not pass second reading.
Issues this bill touches
- Climate & Environment
Wasted Food Reduction and Recovery Act. National strategy to reduce food waste with household-waste target.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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