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The Back-to-School Rule Every Parent Needs to Know
As kids head back to school around the country, here’s one school rule every parent need to follow: turn off your car when you’re waiting near a school. Use our new infographic to challenge your school community to take the pledge to stop idling.
Posted in Vehicle Idling
Tagged anti-idling, anti-idling campaigns, idling, idling at school, infographic, iturnitoff, vehicle idling
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How to Reduce Food Waste Like a Chef
Are you ready to tackle food waste in your kitchen? Now, you can do it the way professional chefs do it with the “I Value Food: Too Good to Waste” Challenge.
Posted in Food Waste
Tagged food waste audit, food waste challenge, Food: Too Good to Waste, household food waste, I Value Food
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Valentine’s Day Is for Food Rescue Lovers
This month, we’re teaming up with Jordan Figueiredo, anti-food-waste activist and founder of endfoodwaste.org, to spread the love for food rescue organizations and volunteers that are reducing food waste and hunger in communities around the country. Join in the #LoveFoodRescue movement by using our Food Rescue Locator to find organizations in your area to support.
Posted in Food Waste
Tagged #IValueFood, #LoveFoodRescue, Boulder Food Rescue, Food for Free, food insecurity, food recovery, food rescue, Food Rescue Locator, food security, food waste, Jordan Figueiredo, Keep Austin Fed, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Urban Gleaners
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Our Top Stories of 2016
Jack Johnson digs through worms as part of a compost lesson at Lanikai Elementary School in Hawaii.
Every year, we like to take a look at our most popular blog posts from the past 12 months. This year’s list highlights a few projects that deserves special mention, in case you missed them.
Posted in Sustainable America Updates
Tagged Food Rescue Locator, food waste, food waste challenge, I Value Food
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New Program! Sign Up to Reduce Food Waste & Save Money
Today, we’re excited to launch a new online program that can help you break the cycle of food waste in your kitchen. It’s called I Value Food: Too Good to Waste, and it’s based on successful strategies developed by the U.S. EPA. Through this program, many families have reduced food waste by up to 50%, saving up to $1,600 per year!
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Tagged #IValueFood, EPA, food waste, food waste prevention, Food: Too Good to Waste, household food waste, I Value Food
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A Hyperlocal Solution to Food Waste
Impact Bioenergy's HORSE AD25 converts food waste to energy and fertilizer. HORSE stands for High-solids Organic-waste Recycling System with Electrical Output.
Schools, campuses, food and beverage producers, and food banks all produce thousands of pounds of food waste each year, and typically have to pay to have the waste hauled to a central location such as a landfill. In landfills, organic matter breaks down and produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas that, if captured, can be a valuable source of energy. Enter Impact Bioenergy: the company’s small anaerobic digester systems, or microdigesters, convert food waste and other organic matter like paper and yard clippings into fertilizer and energy in the form of electricity, heat, and even transportation fuels.
Posted in Food Waste
Tagged anaerobic digestion, Community Supported Biocycling, fertilizer, food waste, Impact Bioenergy, micro digester, renewable energy, waste to energy
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Winning the Race to End Food Waste
In April, we returned to the Richmond International Raceway for a third time for a weekend of food waste diversion and recovery at the Toyota Owners 400, a NASCAR race. Coordinating food recovery at an event this size is a challenging task, but we learned lessons from two previous races in 2015 that have increased our efficiency — and the amount of food we were able to divert. The results demonstrate the important opportunity that large event venues have to reduce their environmental footprint and help those in the need in their communities.
Posted in Food Waste
Tagged food recovery, food rescue, food waste, green events, NASCAR Green, Richmond International Raceway, Stories, We Value Food, zero-waste events
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Sustainable America Joins 1% for the Planet
Sustainable America is thrilled to join the growing network of businesses and nonprofit partners aligning through the 1% for the Planet movement to protect and improve our world. Just like the team at 1%, we passionately believe in the power of connections and the strength of a bond between businesses and mission-driven organizations.
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Tagged 1% for the Planet, business, nonprofits
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Food Rescue: Now There’s a Map for That
To help simplify and strengthen the food donation process, we have just launched the Food Rescue Locator in collaboration with our partners at EndFoodWaste.org and the Food Rescue Alliance. This free online tool allows anyone with excess food (individuals, offices, events, restaurants, you name it!) to find a nearby food rescue group they can donate to.
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Tagged EndFoodWaste.org, food recovery, food rescue, Food Rescue Alliance, food rescue directory, Food Rescue Locator, food waste, Jordan Figueiredo
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