Job Creation Potential

Definition:

The Job Creation Potential of a solution represents the total number of permanent jobs that could be created by a solution once fully implemented.

Master Job Creation Potential Equation:

Job Creation Potential = Solution Jobs Created per Ton Diverted * Solution Diversion Potential Tons

In ReFED’s data model, the following calculations are repeated for every sector, state, and food type before any aggregation is done.

Table 6. Calculations Performed to Estimate Job Creation Potential of U.S. Food Waste Solutions

DATA ITEM	DATA SOURCE OR CALCULATION	EXAMPLE
Solution Jobs Created per Thousand Tons Diverted	Multiple data sources (See Appendix F for the data sources for each solution)	ReFED estimates that 3.72 jobs are created for every thousand tons of food donated. This is the equal to: 3.72 jobs created per thousand tons of food donated
Annual Solution Diversion Potential	See Diversion Potential calculations above.	ReFED estimates that ‘Donation Storage Handling & Capacity’ could divert 93.35 tons of Prepared Foods Catering Overproduction annually in the Florida Limited Service Restaurants Mexican Foodservice sector.
Job Creation Potential	= Solution Jobs Created per Ton Diverted * Annual Solution Diversion Potential	= 3.72 jobs created per thousand tons of food donated / 1,000 tons * 93.35 tons diverted = 0.35 jobs created per ton of food donated Reminder: This example calculation is not the total job creation potential for the solution. These calculations were repeated for every sector, cause, food type, and state before aggregating and summing the total job creation potential for each solution.