Trash Talking With Eco-warriors | Sustainability, Green Business, Conservation

We’re taking a break from our new storytelling format of Trash Talking to bring you an overdue episode from an amazing non-profit based here in New York City called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine. True to the name of the company, volunteers are dispersed across the city at closing time for various restaurant partners. They pick up any leftover food and bring it to a nearby human service agencies to be donated as food for the hungry and food insecure. Thus, they are rescuing leftover food from restaurants and helping to reduce the environmental impact of this food as well as feed the hungry We chatted with Catherine Smiley, Program Director of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, to chat about why she thinks this program is of importance and the impact of leftover food going to the landfill.  Links: Idealist Masbia Soup Kitchen I love this project as well as the amazing work that RLC is doing to help redistribute food to those in need. I went on a rescue and it took less than an hour to collect the food and drop it