Sentences with phrase «reducing food waste generation»
This project will assist businesses in reducing food waste generation rates.
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On Oct. 6, we held a food waste reduction summit at our offices in Washington, D.C., that brought together food companies, sustainability specialists and government agencies to talk about how we can reduce food waste generation.
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K - 12 schools have a special role in not only reducing, recovering, and recycling food waste on their premises, but also in educating the next generation about recovering wholesome excess food for donation and about reducing food waste to conserve natural resources.
The restaurant and foodservice industries have been working diligently to minimize our food waste generation through reducing the amount of waste being sent to landfills and donating food to those in need.
A: In 2005 (and again in 2010), we set a goal to reduce our solid waste (including food waste) generation rate in our manufacturing operations by 50 % in 2015 versus our fiscal 2005.
The United Nations has agreed a draft for its 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which seeks to halve global food waste, «substantially reduce waste generation» and curb climate change.
Diverting food waste from landfills also reduces the generation of harmful gases that contribute to climate change.
Assistance will include on - site visits to determine food waste generation baselines; strategies for reducing food waste; siting for food waste capture systems; training in reduction strategies; and an exploration of local options for composting, biodigesting, donation of edible food, or commercial companies that offer organic waste diversion services.
JCM projects use Japanese technological expertise to deploy various approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as the installation of energy - efficient transmission lines in Mongolia; the installation of energy - efficient systems in the national hospitals of Vietnam; the installation of energy - efficient refrigeration at commercial food processing centers in Indonesia; the installation of solar photovoltaic systems in the Maldives and Palau; and power generation by waste heat recovery in the cement industry in Indonesia.