Composting food waste reduces CO2e emissions by about 0.4 tons of CO2e compared to landfilling. StopWaste has promoted backyard and commercial composting for decades. All cities in Alameda County provide residential curbside collection of food scraps, food soiled paper and plant debris.
StopWaste is sponsoring content for a newsletter series in Edible East Bay about delicious ways to use seasonal foods that might otherwise end up in the compost, as well as food storage tips and recipes.
Guckenheimer received a 2017 Business Efficiency Award for Excellence in Reducing Wasted Food in Alameda County from StopWaste. Guckenheimer is an on-site food service management company with locations throughout the country.
The K-12 School Food Share guide is available to distribute to schools, community members and organizations working on reducing wasted food in schools. The guide was developed in partnership with the Alameda County Environmental Health Department who provided language for setting up and re-distributing surplus food using safe handling guidelines that comply with the California Code for food service operations.
StopWaste was an early funder of the Alameda County Food Bank Grocery Rescue Program through their grants program. The Grocery Rescue Program (GRP) partners with local grocery stores and retailers to recover a variety of foods for neighborhood food pantries and meal programs.
StopWaste programs to reduce food waste in commercial kitchens and Alameda County schools were recently profiled in BioCycle magazine.
Staff from StopWaste and Alameda County were recent recipients of local industry awards at the 2016 California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) Conference in Sacramento this August.
Eight businesses were selected for their leadership in reducing waste and increasing efficiency.
Addressing food waste through prevention, redistribution and composting is an emerging focus for city leaders. In the attached article are steps that elected officials, city managers and other leaders can take to make food waste prevention a widespread practice based on interviews with food waste reduction experts, including Staff from StopWaste.
