{"id":1740,"date":"2024-08-13T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dep.nj.gov\/dshw\/?page_id=1740"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:59:21","slug":"restaurants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Waste &#8211; Restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Food Waste &#8211; Restaurants<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-max_mega_menu_2\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-0' id='mega-toggle-block-0'><button aria-controls=\"mega-menu-max_mega_menu_2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Toggle Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-max_mega_menu_2\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"fade_up\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"disabled\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"0\" data-panel-width=\"#nav-main-width\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"991\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-has-icon mega-icon-right mega-menu-item-1877\" id=\"mega-menu-item-1877\"><a class=\"dashicons-admin-home mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/\">Food Waste<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-1876\" id=\"mega-menu-item-1876\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/food-waste-reduction-plan\/\">Reduction Plan<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-1857\" id=\"mega-menu-item-1857\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/flyers\/\">Flyers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-5150\" id=\"mega-menu-item-5150\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/food-waste-recycling-rules\/\">Food Waste Recycling Rules<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-1855\" id=\"mega-menu-item-1855\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-menu-item-has-children mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-2853\" id=\"mega-menu-item-2853\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-sub-menu-2853\">Topics<span class=\"mega-indicator\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"mega-sub-menu\" id='mega-sub-menu-2853'>\n<li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-7293\" id=\"mega-menu-item-7293\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/issues\/\">Issue<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-7296\" id=\"mega-menu-item-7296\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/facts\/\">Facts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-2854\" id=\"mega-menu-item-2854\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/donations\/\">Donations<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-2855\" id=\"mega-menu-item-2855\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/government\/\">Government<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-2856\" id=\"mega-menu-item-2856\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/procmanu\/\">Processing and Manufacturing<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-2858\" id=\"mega-menu-item-2858\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/restaurants\/\">Restaurants<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-2859\" id=\"mega-menu-item-2859\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/retail\/\">Retail<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-2857\" id=\"mega-menu-item-2857\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/residential\/\">Residential<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-2860\" id=\"mega-menu-item-2860\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/schools\/\">Schools<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-1854\" id=\"mega-menu-item-1854\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dshw\/swpl\/fw\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7261&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Inventory and Quantifying Wasted Food<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">Restaurants and caterers are encouraged to inventory and measure their wasted food. In doing so, businesses can track where and how wasted food occurs and address those areas. This could result in decreased solid waste disposal costs and lower inventory costs.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a link to the Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard developed by World Resources Institute (WRI) that can be used to measure and report food waste generation:[\/vc_column_text][info-box-shortcode buttontitle=&#8221;Measurement Tool&#8221; buttonlink=&#8221;http:\/\/flwprotocol.org\/flw-standard\/tools-resources\/&#8221; targetlink=&#8221;true&#8221;][\/info-box-shortcode][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the American Hotel and Lodging Association has developed a toolkit aimed at\u00a0<strong>hotel kitchens<\/strong>. This toolkit provides the background, tools and resources a hotel of any size needs to reduce wasted food, donate what edible food that can be donated and divert the rest away from landfills by composting or other recycling methods:<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][info-box-shortcode buttontitle=&#8221;Hotel Kitchen Toolkit&#8221; buttonlink=&#8221;https:\/\/hotelkitchen.org\/about-toolkit\/&#8221; targetlink=&#8221;true&#8221;][\/info-box-shortcode][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7322&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Food Waste &#8211; Restaurants [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7261&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Inventory and Quantifying Wasted Food Restaurants and caterers are encouraged to inventory and measure their wasted food. 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