Reduce Wasted Food and Enhance Your Business Culture

Reducing wasted food is about building a responsible business that prioritizes its people, customers, and the planet.

Free Assistance to Reduce Wasted Food for Rhode Island Businesses

Our customized business assistance programs helps you build a workplace that values sustainability, fosters happier employees, and engages customers who share your commitment to making a difference.

Who uses the assistance?

Rhode Island businesses and institutions of all sizes—such as grocery stores, restaurants, event centers, correctional facilities, colleges, universities, K-12 schools—along with municipalities, organics recycling facilities (like composting and anaerobic digestion), food relief organizations, and others, are all eligible for assistance.

Our Approach: Personal and Practical

Each business is unique, which is why our assistance is tailored to your specific needs. We focus on hands-on, practical strategies that can be seamlessly integrated into your existing operations.

Why it matters?
business assistance to reduce food waste

When your business takes steps to reduce wasted food, you’re doing more than improving operations—you’re fostering a sense of responsibility among staff and customers alike.

Reducing wasted food ensures your business complies with Rhode Island State’s Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling law, avoiding penalties, while engaging employees in sustainability efforts strengthens team morale and job satisfaction. By showing your commitment to sustainability, you also attract conscious customers and build lasting loyalty.

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How it works?
→ Fill out the form
→ receive assistance
→ CET helps implement measures
→ Receive a report
→ get Highlight from cET

We offer customized solutions tailored to your business’s specific needs, including on-site visits, virtual consultations, and ongoing support.

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These events offer valuable insights, resources, and strategies to help businesses reduce waste, improve sustainability, and comply with the state’s waste reduction initiatives.

There are no upcoming events.

The results are undeniable. Businesses that partner with CET typically see a 30% reduction in wasted food, translating to stronger community impact.

Not only that, but with our no-cost assistance 9 out of 10 businesses experience cost neutrality or cost savings after implementing wasted food solutions.

With CET’s ongoing support, these businesses continue to thrive, showing that sustainable practices aren’t just good for the planet—they’re great for business too.

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Rhode Island resources

Learn, download & be a sustainable partner by sharing resources to connect businesses with assistance to reduce waste, improve their bottom line, employee job satisfaction, and respond to customer demands for sustainable practices.

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Case Study

Apponaug Brewing Company

Apponaug Brewing Company (Apponaug) is a brewery and taproom located in Warwick, Rhode Island. Located…

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.


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