Restaurants
ideas to get your Restaurant involved
Social Media
Use social media to share FWPW materials and also to tell stories, anything from composting to kitchen practices, about how your restaurant reduces waste.
Special Dishes
Create a special dish that makes use of an often tossed ingredient. It could be something that you’re throwing away or something that home cooks often throw away. Use social media and/or restaurant or menu signage to tell the story of the dish. For ideas, check out these dishes created by Washington, DC restaurants.
highlight a dish
Highlight a dish already on your menu that showcases how you use each ingredient to its fullest. Use social media and/or restaurant or menu signage to tell the story of the dish. For ideas, check out the “menu mainstays” section of this page about DC restaurants.
Host an event
Host an event where you serve dishes that help reduce waste–anything from small bites to a plated meal.
Organize a food-waste-fighting tour
Work with other restaurants or an outside organizer to set up a walking tour of restaurants. At each stop, a restaurant representative will speak briefly about steps to reduce waste and participants will be offered small bites. Here’s what this looked like in DC one year.