Throughout 2022, Kneads Bakery, Café, and Mill received assistance from the Center for EcoTechnology (CET) in furthering their sustainability practices, resulting in the diversion of approximately 90 pounds of food waste weekly from disposal – which translates to roughly 75 meals for our community. Read more about their progress below.
Right off Interstate 95, moments from the Saugatuck River, in Westport, Connecticut, sits Kneads Bakery, Café, and Mill. Kneads is all about local ingredients, quality food, and community. They began their own recycling efforts to reduce and divert waste wherever possible, but knew they wanted to do more. Sustainable Westport connected Kneads with the
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
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
While the holidays bring fun and festive cheer, they also bring a massive amount of waste. Between November and December, 25% more waste, or an extra 1 million tons of waste per week, enters the American waste stream. Once your holiday celebrations are over, you might have decorations left over that you don’t know