Locally based environmental consultants Coolplanet have been awarded a $59,500 grant from Love Food Hate Waste, to reduce food waste throughout Byron Shire.
The Love Food Hate Waste program, headed by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), shows households, communities and businesses how to stop wasting food and start protecting the environment.
Coolplanet director Daniel Harper says the project will involve working with 60 hospitality businesses throughout the Shire to identify and prevent food waste with a specific focus on ‘plate wastage,’ as nearly 50 per cent of food waste in the hospitality sector is uneaten customer food.
‘We are proud to be one of the 18 recipients of the Love Food Hate Waste grants in this round,’ he said.
‘The EPA’s Love Food Hate Waste program, which is a part of the Waste Less, Recycle More initiative, helps NSW households and businesses avoid wasting food.
‘Wasting food wastes money and the considerable energy, water and other resources used to produce it.
‘Preventing food waste is the best outcome for the environment.’
If you are in the food business and want to take part in the program, please contact Daniel Harper on 0405 459 565 or dan@ coolplanet.com.au.
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