Hello BESTers,

This week, New York's Mayor Bloomberg announced that 100 restaurants in 
the city, including high-end restaurants and chains like Chipotle, have 
pledged to reduce food waste by 50%.  Food waste accounts for a third of 
the city's waste and restaurants account for 70% of commercial food 
waste, according to the mayor.  The city will be expanding existing 
compost pilot programs to accommodate this diverted food waste.  The 
mayor also announced that the city will be opening nine acre's of city 
property for community gardens, which will be spurred by the increased 
compost.  In a city that tends to set the standard for cuisine and 
dining out, will hopefully now be setting the standard for reducing 
restaurant food waste.

Have a great weekend,
Ryan

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/100-restaurants-pledge-to-halve-food-waste-sent-to-landfills/

Restaurants Vow to Stop Tossing Out So Much Food
The New York Times - City Room
Kate Taylor
April 25, 2013

Here is also a link to the Mayor's Press Release:
http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2013a%2Fpr148-13.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1