These programs can be used as models for others implementing their own programs to reduce garbage. This fact sheet is oriented toward commercial and institutional food discard generators, and highlights record-setting food recovery programs. The hospital also donates produce to a food bank and sends old grease to a rendering facility. The GWP facilitates waste reduction, resource conservation, and environmentally responsible purchasing in provincial facilities. Larry's Markets recovers approximately 870 tons of organics annually through its off-site composting and rendering programs.
Stores also donate canned goods to local charities.
25 Shop Rite stores divert 3,000 tons of organics per year. They collect a wide array of materials for off-site composting and rendering.