How Farmington Municipal Schools and K-12 by Elior Diverted 100,000 Pounds of Food Waste from the Landfill

Source: Estrada, Reyna. “How Farmington Municipal Schools and K-12 by Elior Diverted 100,000 Pounds of Food Waste from the Landfill.” FoodService Director Magazine, 5 February 2024, https://www.foodservicedirector.com/sustainability/how-farmington-municipal-schools-k-12-elior-diverted-100000-pounds-food-waste.

Farmington Municipal Schools was recently awarded Elior North America’s Doing Good Award.  Since 2019, the K-12 by Elior Student Nutrition Team together with FMS, diverted over 50 tons of the schools’ food waste from landfills through Elior’s Zero Waste program.

“They were awarded the award at the end late of 2023 due to being an exemplary model of our Doing Good platform, which is our social and environmental responsibility platform through the efforts that they’ve made to divert food waste away from landfills using compost as a way to make a positive impact on the local environment and their community as well,” said Kelly Meyers, senior director of responsible business for Elior North America.

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