A new grant program is offering cash to businesses who find ways to shrink their organic waste stream.

Examples of things we’d love to see include, but are not limited to: equipment for sorting, apps or other technologies for tracking waste, piloting food waste prevention in buffet areas (like signage, customer incentives/penalties and training), partnerships with community gardens or other businesses to develop a compost or food donation consortium

Every day, New York residents, institutions, and businesses produce around 24,000 tons of solid waste. Around 20% of that waste is food.

Perhaps no city bureau is more familiar with the issue of food waste than the N.Y.C. Department of Sanitation (DSNY), so it makes sense that the agency would be throwing its hat into the ring of efforts to mitigate it. On November 3, the Foundation for New York’s Strongest–DSNY’s nonprofit arm–announced a microgrant program to fund local businesses interested in developing initiatives to curb food waste.

Read the full article on food waste innovations by Eillie Anzilotti at FastCompany