We’re thrilled to announce a groundbreaking collaboration between Sharing Excess and NATURAL UPCYCLING LLC, a leader in the organic waste management industry, to tackle one of the most frustrating and solvable challenges in the food system: preventing perfectly edible food from ever ending up in landfills. This partnership is not just innovative; it’s transformational. The owner of Natural Upcycling recognized a troubling reality in the waste industry: sometimes companies throw away large quantities of perfectly edible food rather than donating it, simply because they don’t have the time or capacity to find an alternative solution. Driven by the belief that good food should never be destined for landfills, Natural Upcycling reached out to Sharing Excess, and together, we’ve developed a game-changing model for food rescue and organic recycling. Here's how it works: ✅ Rescuing Edible Food: When Natural Upcycling receives food they believe is too good for compost or recycling, they perform quality checks on its shelf life. If the food passes inspection, they notify Sharing Excess so we can redistribute it to communities and organizations who need it most. Food once inadvertently earmarked for landfill is now feeding people instead—at scale. ✅ Closing the Loop: When Sharing Excess receives food donations that, despite good intentions, don’t meet our quality and dignity standards, Natural Upcycling ensures this inedible product is recycled organically into compost, animal feed, and other sustainable purposes. Together we are creating a food hub model that follows the EPA Food Waste Scale. This closed-loop system is a win-win for the environment and our communities. We’ve already rescued well over ten million pounds of edible food together - a bold representation of what it means to radically partner with purpose, blending compassion and innovation to make food waste prevention an industry standard. To Natural Upcycling: thank you for redefining what’s possible in the waste management industry and for your unwavering commitment to feeding people instead of landfills. This is what meaningful impact looks like. 🙌 Together, we’re proving that partnerships can create systemic change. Let’s continue setting the standard for what’s possible in this space. 🚛 ➡️ 🍽️ #Partnership #FoodRescue #Sustainability #NaturalUpcycling #SharingExcess #FoodWaste #CircularEconomy #CommunityImpact #FeedingPeopleNotLandfills
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Leilani P.
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This is fantastic!
Love this!!! First and foremost, feed people… after that, chase the work of feeding people. This speaks to the direct and indirect work so beautifully.