Our mission is to keep food out of landfills and slow climate change by creating lasting solutions to food waste through education, food upcycling and advocacy.
We keep food from going to waste by making sure it goes to
feed people, not landfills.
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Support our mission to end food waste.
We offer two programs to help restaurants reduce their food waste: The PLEDGE™ and The PRIMER on Food Waste.
By joining one of these programs, restaurants commit to reducing their carbon footprints, saving money, and giving back to the community.
The PLEDGE™ on Food Waste is an international third-party certification program that instructs restaurants, hotels, convention centers, and other foodservice businesses in tactics to reduce the amount of food they throw away. Make Food Not Waste is the first organization in the United States to offer this program.
The PRIMER on Food Waste is a bite-sized version of the The PLEDGE™, designed specifically for smaller scale food businesses or restaurants that aren’t ready to commit to the full PLEDGE™ curriculum. This program takes a simplified approach to allow restaurants to easily adopt the most important tactics for food waste reduction. Restaurants can get started with the PRIMER and progress to the full PLEDGE™ certification to continue their food waste reduction journey.
Sign up for The PLEDGE or The PRIMER today to be at the forefront of sustainability in the foodservice industry.
Restaurants that take The PLEDGE™ will go through a process of tracking their food waste and implementing a series of reduction tactics in seven key areas.
After completing all the steps and going through an audit, participating restaurants receive a certification at the bronze, silver, gold, or all-star levels, depending on how many food waste reduction steps they complete.
Make Food Not Waste will be there as a guide and cheerleader through the whole process.
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