Food Waste Reduction

Cal Poly Humboldt

2023 – Cal Poly Humboldt’s Weigh the Waste is an educational program with a goal to achieve food waste reductions in dining halls.

Central Michigan University

2023 – Central Sustainability partnered with CMU Dining to offer food waste education in dining halls by weighing food left on students’ plates.

Endicott College

2023 – Endicott’s Show the Waste focuses on food waste reduction by putting “wasteful plates” on display in the main dining hall through a meal period.

Salisbury University

2023 – Salisbury University brings awareness to post-consumer food waste generated at the Commons Dining Hall.

St. Lawrence University

2023 – St. Lawrence develops a toolkit to conduct audits and measure the impact of educational materials on attitudes and understanding of food waste impacts.

Temple University

2023 – Temple’s Share Fair, a large-scale high-visibility event, demonstrates the circularity of food on campus and in our urban community.

The Ohio State University

2023 – Ohio State facilitates peer-to-peer engagement, collaborative learning opportunities, and reducing recidivism though campus-wide compost expansion.

University of Pittsburgh

2023 – University of Pittsburgh diverts food waste from campus dining locations and off-campus restaurants to local hunger-fighting organizations.

Virginia Wesleyan University

2023 – Virginia Wesleyan University implements a composting program at the campus’ dining facility.

Chapman University

2022 – Increases awareness about post-consumer waste by collecting all the uneaten food from Randall Dining Commons for a lunch period and weighing it.