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Southfield adopts food-waste elimination study, approves multifamily pilot
Summary
City Council voted to adopt a city food-waste elimination study and approved a six-month pilot focused on multifamily housing that would test outdoor collection bins and indoor kitchen caddies for about 1,000 residents.
Southfield City Council on Feb. 10 adopted a citywide Food Waste Elimination Study and authorized a six‑month pilot program targeting multifamily housing, city staff said.
The study, presented by Suzanne Youssef, the city’s sustainability planner, was produced with grant funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and technical assistance from the nonprofit Make Food Not Waste and consultants from Giffels Webster. Youssef told the council the plan is intended to feed Southfield’s broader Sustainable Southfield initiative and the city’s materials-management goals.
The study lays out sector-by-sector strategies for residential, commercial, institutional…
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