Expanding California’s Wasted Food Solutions: A Collaborative Effort by CET
CET is working to share information and lend experience to build capacity for diverting wasted food in California.
This work is focused in the greater San Diego area, where CET has partnered with CalRecycle, the San Diego Food Systems Alliance and Solana Center to create tip sheets on food waste reduction, food rescue, and food waste separation, as well as a webinar to support jurisdictions in their need to provide information on food waste diversion to food businesses.
CET is also fielding questions from food businesses that are interested in plugging into emerging infrastructure such as depackaging. To learn more about CET’s work in California and to get involved, contact CET today at 888-813-8552 or e-mail wastedfood@cetonline.org.
Resources for Sharing and Action
- Sustainable Partners: Access curated information to share on your social media, newsletters, or editorial content about the Wasted Food Assistance program.
- Toolkit: Explore practical tools and guides to support your efforts in reducing wasted food.
Wasted Food Resources for Businesses · California
Get a collection of Best Management Practices Tip Sheets curated by CET’s waste reduction specialists for businesses and institutions in San Diego County, CA. Hear inspiring stories captured by CET. These Tip Sheets were curated in collaboration with CalRecycle, Solana Center, and San Diego Food System Alliance.
Other California Waste Resources
Below are external resources curated by waste reduction specialists and partner organizations. These resources include information for businesses seeking to reduce waste and for municipalities looking to implement waste bans and regulations. CET is a partner to aid your journey in combating wasted food.
- Best Management Practice Tip Sheets tailored to businesses and institutions in San Diego County, California, created by CET with guidance from CalRecycle, Solana Center, and San Diego Food System Alliance.
- Food Waste Reduction Made Easy: Tip sheet for reducing wasted food.
- Food Rescue Made Easy: Tip sheet for implementing food rescue programs.
- Food Waste Separation Made Easy: Tip sheet for separating food waste for animal feed, composting, and/or anaerobic digestion.
- Wasted Food Reduction and Recovery in California (CalRecycle) offers resources on how to recover food and reduce wasted food.
- How to Comply with the Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling Law is CalRecycle’s FAQ page on how to comply with the California Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling Law, AB 1826.
- Food Recovery Resources by Area: The EPA created a webpage with links and resources about food recovery by area. Resources include tools for source reduction, food rescue organizations, a list of processing facilities, and more.
EPA Wasted Food Scale
CET utilizes the EPA’s Wasted Food Scale as a guiding tool to assist businesses, including restaurants, universities, colleges, event organizers, supermarkets, churches, etc. Discover relevant and partner resources on how to reduce the environmental impact of wasted food in your business across the scale
