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California state law, Senate Bill 1383, mandates the recovery of edible food – this means that all food generators on campus are required to donate any excess.
Preventing Food Waste from the Start
Preventing edible food waste from the start and distributing excess food to students and staff are the best strategies to comply with the law.
Explore Stanford’s Food Waste Prevention Playbook to learn more.
Distributing Food on Campus
Utilize Slack channels or other building-wide communications to notify students, staff, and faculty of excess food.
Donating Excess Edible Food
Stanford is expanding its food recovery efforts by piloting an initiative to collect excess food from cafes and events on campus to donate to the local community. Using a mobile app, dining halls, cafes, and event planners can schedule free pick-ups of excess food – from beverages to burgers – between the hours of 6 AM and 7 PM. The food is distributed to local food recovery organizations, and data on the number of meals donated and greenhouse gas emissions saved is shared back with the food generators to demonstrate their impact. Contact the Office of Sustainability to start donating.
Join the Pilot
Learn how to easily start donating food to our community.
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