Follow these steps towards becoming more environmentally conscious at home.

Step 2:

Share the Love

Before food should even be considered for the waste bin, think about who could still enjoy it. Do you have safe and delicious leftovers from a catered event? Put your excess to good use and help feed those in need in your community.

Luckily, there are plenty of organizations that will work with you to facilitate the donation and repurpose it for those in need. It's easy! Discover them below.

donateNYC

Food Redistribution

DSNY’s donateNYC Food Portal helps businesses and nonprofits donate food by facilitating efficient, appropriate donations to organizations that support their community. Donors post available food and an algorithm rapidly notifies the best-matched recipient organization that food is available.

44 Beaver St., New York, NY 10004

nyc.gov/donate

ReThink Food

Food redistribution

Rethink Food is a nonprofit whose mission is to create a more sustainable and equitable food system. During the pandemic Rethink Food launched Rethink Certified, a partnership program that provides grants and resources to local restaurants, so they can prepare community meals as a part of their daily operation.

75 Broad Street 7th Floor, Suite 707 New York, NY 10004

212-364-7040rethinkfood.org

Too Good To Go

Food Redistribution App

Too Good To Go is the certified B-Corp and tech-for-good company powering the world’s #1 app for fighting food waste to create a greener planet. The Too Good To Go app connects consumers with surplus from local restaurants, bakeries, cafes and grocery stores at the end of each business day, so delicious food doesn’t go to waste.

394 Broadway, New York, NY 10013

toogoodtogo.com

Get Food NYC

Food Redistribution

During the COVID-19 public health crisis, New York City is taking steps to make sure every New Yorker has access to the food they need.

nyc.gov

Loisaida Community Fridge

Food Redistribution

24/7 Community Fridge and Pantry on 9th St and Ave B, reducing food waste and food insecurity in the East Village/Lower East Side.

Accepting raw produce, cooked food, unopened perishable and non-perishables, pet food, and personal care items.

602 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009

646-504-3075linktr.ee/loisaidafridge

The Friendly Fridge Bronx

Food redistribution

The Friendly Fridge BX is a community refrigerator initiative grounded in the principals of mutual aid. The first in the Bronx, this community fridge is located on the sidewalk on Broadway at 242nd Street underneath the last stop of the #1 train.

Broadway at 242nd St.

linktr.ee/thefriendlyfridgebx

The Bronx Community Foundation

Consulting; Law / Advocacy; Food Sovereignty Network

The Bronx Community Foundation is the first and only community Foundation in The Bronx. We support, work alongside, and uplift organizations already doing great work in The Bronx! Our Food Sovereignty Network supports existing organization in The Bronx including nonprofits, grassroots organizations, and/or small businesses continue to fight food insecurity in our community.

557 Grand Concourse, Suite 3, #125, Bronx, NY 10451

917-681-0961thebronx.org

City Harvest

Food redistribution

City Harvest is NYC’s first and largest food rescue organization, helping to feed millions of New Yorkers each year. We rescue nutritious food and deliver it, free of charge, to hundreds of soup kitchens and food pantries across the city.

6 East 32nd Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10016

646-412-0600cityharvest.org

NYC Community Fridges

Food Redistribution

This map was initially developed in July 2020 to help keep track of the community fridges started by mutual aid groups.

Locations all over NYC

tinyurl.com/communityfridges

U.S. Hunger

Food redistribution

Over the last decade, U.S. Hunger has activated more than 800,000 volunteers to distribute over 150 million meals across the globe. We address hunger by engaging volunteers, educating on the root causes of food insecurity, and creating access to nutritious meals for low-income families and individuals.

830 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Ste. 142, Longwood, FL 32750

407-334-9430ushunger.org