Denver launches Food Waste Pilot Program with 9 participating local restaurants

The Denver Department of Public Health & Environment (DDPHE) will launch its Food Waste Pilot Program Wednesday.

Certifiably Green Denver, the city’s program that offers free advising services to help business make their practices more green, created the Food Waste Pilot Program to help Denver restaurants prevent wasted food at the source, donate pre-consumer leftovers and recycle food waste via composting.

FDA, USDA, EPA Announce Strategy To ‘Win On Reducing Food Waste’

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a federal interagency strategy to address food waste. The announcement follows a Presidential Message acknowledging the month of April as Winning on Reducing Food Waste Month and encouraging public action and participation from all sectors.