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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [2 Birds 1 Stone: Preventing Food Waste Prevents Plastic Waste](https://blog.leanpath.com/preventing-food-waste-prevents-plastic-waste)

Posted By [Steven Finn, Vice President of Food Waste Prevention.](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/steven-finn-vice-president-of-food-waste-prevention) on Nov 29, 2018

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Food waste has received substantial global attention in the last 4-5 years, as well it should. Along with food waste, plastic waste is now the subject of enormous global focus – and deservedly so. As with food waste, the scale of plastic waste – and its environmental impact – is truly alarming. These twin challenges are linked: A great deal of plastic waste is related to food, and much of it ends up in landfills, rivers, and the oceans.

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#### Topics:

[Latest News](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/latest-news) [Food Waste Prevention Newsletter](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-prevention-newsletter) [Food Waste News](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-news)

## [Leanpath Wins Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award](https://blog.leanpath.com/sustainability-of-the-year-award-food-matters-live-2018)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Nov 21, 2018

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Food Matters Live has recognized Leanpath with the Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award. Food Matters Live, hosted in London, brought in 800 leading organizations, 400 speakers, and thousands of visitors across a range of professions and disciplines, all with one goal: creating cross-sector connections focused on the future of food, drink and sustainable nutrition.

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#### Topics:

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## [6 Tips for Preventing Holiday Buffet Waste](https://blog.leanpath.com/preventing-holiday-buffet-waste)

Posted By [Robb White, CEC CCA AAC; Executive Chef & Food Waste Prevention Catalyst](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/robb-white-cec-cca-aac-executive-chef-food-waste-prevention-catalyst) on Nov 20, 2018

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Holiday buffets are a tradition – no matter what aspect of the hospitality industry you are in. It's a pleasure to cook for the masses and make their holidays unforgettable, but when each buffet is torn down, we must deal with all the leftover food. We all know that even with strong planning, overproduction will happen.

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#### Topics:

[Food Waste Musings](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-musings) [Latest News](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/latest-news) [Food Waste Prevention Newsletter](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-prevention-newsletter) [Food Waste News](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-news)

## [Video Case Study : Preventing Food Waste at Google](https://blog.leanpath.com/google-video-case-study)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Nov 09, 2018

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Leanpath is deployed in nearly 200 Google cafes in 21 countries. Since 2014 when we started working together, Leanpath has helped Google prevent 4 million pounds of food waste from going to the landfill. See how they’ve done it.

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## [New look. Same cause.](https://blog.leanpath.com/new-look.-same-cause)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Nov 02, 2018

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We’re on a mission to make food waste prevention and measurement everyday practice in the world’s kitchens. Right now, working with thousands of foodservice teams in over 30 countries, we’re preventing 1 pound of food waste every 3 seconds… 1 kilogram every 7 seconds. While you read that… we prevented more food waste.

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