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The Business Case for Reducing Waste

By |2023-01-17T18:03:05-05:00January 10th, 2023|Composting, Food Donation, Food Waste, Green for Business, News, Press Release, Uncategorized, Waste Diversion, Zero Waste|

According to ReFED, in 2019 U.S. businesses generated approximately 50 million tons of surplus food – the equivalent of 80 billion meals, representing a $244 billion loss across the foodservice, retail, manufacturing, and farm sectors. Reducing waste avoids several purchasing and disposal costs, can feed food insecure people in your community, and provides a

CET Continues Providing Wasted Food Assistance in Rhode Island

By |2022-12-19T17:10:42-05:00December 19th, 2022|Composting, Food Donation, Food Waste, Green for Business, News, Press Release, Uncategorized, Waste Diversion, Zero Waste|

With Support from 11th Hour Racing and the EPA, the Center for EcoTechnology Continues to Help Rhode Island Businesses Adopt Wasted Food Solutions For several years, the Center for EcoTechnology (CET) has been working with Rhode Island businesses and institutions to help them implement strategies for reducing their wasted food, with funding from

Radius Provisions in Food Waste Disposal Laws

By |2022-09-23T11:48:57-04:00September 22nd, 2022|Uncategorized|

Among the nine U.S. states that have passed commercial food waste disposal legislation, five include radius provisions. Businesses that generate wasted food are subject only if there is a food waste processing facility within a designated distance—say, 15 or 20 miles. Naturally, the default interpretation of these radius provisions is that covered entities be

Reducing Wasted Food in Rhode Island

By |2022-08-29T17:25:15-04:00August 29th, 2022|Composting, Education, Food Donation, Food Waste, Green for Business, Outreach, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Waste Diversion, Zero Waste|

Wasting food is a major problem for our environment, economy, and communities, especially when so many families are food insecure. CET acts as a catalyst nationwide to accelerate the development of a vibrant marketplace aimed at diverting wasted food from the commercial and institutional sectors. In Rhode Island, CET works directly with businesses to

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