The City of Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs (“OEP”) is excited to announce the next phase of its Project REDUCE initiative.
Donor Name: City of Phoenix
State: Arizona
City: Phoenix
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Phases
- Food Waste Prevention Microgrants
- The Office of Environmental Programs will provide $1,000 microgrants to small local Phoenix restaurants to implement simple, convenient, and innovative food waste prevention projects. Prevention project ideas include:
- Project REDUCE Food Waste Prevention Microgrant
- The Office of Environmental Programs provided micro-grants to four local restaurants in the Downtown Core area to support piloting simple, convenient, and innovative food waste prevention solutions.
- Project REDUCE
- Previously, the City worked with nine restaurants and four key partners to comprehensively eliminate food waste through prevention, rescue, and composting measures through a 10-week program. The goal was to stop food from ending up in landfills by helping restaurants prevent waste, donate surplus food, and compost scraps.
- Over the course of the pilot, the participating restaurants located on Roosevelt Row and Historic Grand Avenue diverted 31,000 pounds of food waste from the landfill!
Benefits
- Receive support in preventing food waste.
- Create opportunities for cost-savings.
- Media and City of Phoenix Mayoral recognition.
- Mentorship from a renowned local chef and other restaurant champions of waste reduction, as well as access to food waste reduction resources.
- Grant-end report detailing the progress made during the grant.
Funding Information
The microgrant request is $1,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Small locally owned restaurants located within the City of Phoenix.
For more information, visit City of Phoenix.
