Programs

  • Food Rescue and Distribution Initiative

    WITH FOOD RESCUE AS OUR SOLE MISSION, WASTE NOT PARTNERS WITH 82 GENEROUS FOOD BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING GROCERS, CATERERS, RESTAURANTS, RESORTS, AND EVENT VENUES. THESE FOOD DONORS SHARE OUR VALUES AND DONATE THEIR EXCESS FOOD, PREVENTING IT FROM GOING TO WASTE. USING OUR EFFICIENT, SAME-DAY DELIVERY OPERATION, OUR TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS COLLECTS AND TRANSPORTS AN AVERAGE OF 10,000 POUNDS OF FOOD PER DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. THIS FOOD IS DELIVERED TO OVER 85 NONPROFIT AGENCIES THAT ARE SERVING THOSE IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE METRO PHOENIX AREA. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING ON 6/30/22, WASTE NOT DIVERTED NEARLY 2.4 MILLION POUNDS OF PREPARED AND PERISHABLE FOOD FROM LANDFILLS AND DELIVERED IT TO NONPROFIT AGENCIES FEEDING CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SENIORS EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $4.7M

  • Food Rescue App Deployment

    IN DECEMBER 2019, WASTE NOT EXPANDED THEIR REACH AND IMPACT WHEN THEY DEPLOYED A NEW FOOD RESCUE APP DESIGNED FOR SMALLER-VOLUME FOOD DONATIONS. THIS APP ALLOWS FOOD BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES, FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO LARGE RETAILERS, TO QUICKLY AND EASILY POST AND DONATE SURPLUS FOOD OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED DELIVERY ROUTES. ONCE POSTED, THE APP SENDS A MESSAGE VIA TEXT TO OUR NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER DRIVERS WHO CAN QUICKLY PICK UP FOOD DONATIONS IN THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES, MONITOR FOR FOOD SAFETY MEASURES, AND DELIVER IT TO ONE OF WASTE NOT'S BEST-SUITED AGENCY PARTNERS. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING ON 6/30/2022, WASTE NOT'S VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED 478 DELIVERIES AND RESCUED OVER 41,000 POUNDS OF FOOD FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $71.5K