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Addressing Food Waste in Different Contexts
Greece
WWF-Greece supported three hotel properties to measure, prevent and manage operational food waste, focusing on the design and implementation of a 16-week pilot intervention with emphasis on measurement, staff engagement, operational adjustments, and guest messaging.
The Westin Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Westin Kuala Lumpur is an experiential hotel in the pulsating streets of Bukit Bintang. Under the Marriott International Group, the hotel strives to improve its food waste reduction efforts and set itself the goal to spearhead such efforts among other Marriott properties in Malaysia.
Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
With an ambitious global goal in place, Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara and WWF-Malaysia joined hands to embark on a food waste journey on the ground using a stepwise-approach.
Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Though the property has been tracking their overall food waste for several years, already and ensuring 100% diversion away from landfills through an onsite digester, the task force embarked on a journey to dive deeper into the composition of their food waste for reduction purposes.
Washington Hilton
Washington, DC
The Washington Hilton, under the leadership of their Food and Beverage Assistant and with support from the Director of Food and Beverage, implemented a separation and measurement system accompanied by an employee engagement exercise focused on preventing food waste in their staff cafeteria.
The Hotel Hershey
Hershey, Pennsylvania
The Hotel Hershey team took tremendous strides during the pilot program, and as a result of their participation, have become more food waste conscious.
Terranea Resort
Denver, Colorado
Terranea Resort has implemented an array of creative solutions and strategies to create a food waste prevention culture, including a trayless campaign, “trash duty” trainings, pre-shift green team visits, and a clean plate month challenge.
Kimpton Hotel Monaco Portland
Portland, Oregon
The hotel’s staff fully embraced the challenge of implementing a food management roadmap, as part of WWF’s larger demonstration project. The roadmap resulted in a 3-year vision mission, and the development of goals to address key drivers of food waste.
Hyatt Regency Orlando
Orlando, Florida
As part of Hyatt’s global commitment to 2020 Environmental Sustainability Vision, the hotel team at Hyatt Regency Orlando is brainstorming and testing new ways to reduce food waste at the hotel.
Hilton San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Recognizing that food insecurity and food waste are two of the biggest challenges facing local communities, the hotel’s staff pride themselves on working diligently to prevent and reduce food waste through smart purchasing, mindful preparation, food donation, and composting.