Sustainable Diner Project

Published on March 31, 2023

Despite the challenges in terms of hunger and food security, large amounts of food are wasted in the Philippines, including up to 308,000 tons of rice every year. In Metro Manila, 2175 tons of food end up in trash bins daily, amounting to 800,000 tons of food waste every year. Therefore, one of the major opportunities to be addressed by the country is the reduction of food waste. Wasting food also means wasting resources and energy that were used for production, processing, transport, etc. In face of these challenges, the objective of WWF Philippine’s project named 'The Sustainable Diner Project' was to assist the food service sector in initiating a journey to low-carbon, sustainable food consumption and production practices, using the reduction of food waste as an entry point.

With The Sustainable Diner project, WWF-Philippines hopes to lessen food wastage and contribute to the improvement of the implementation of sustainable consumption and production processes in the foodservice sector. The Sustainable Diner project aims to engage the government, food service businesses, and consumers in promoting sustainable dining practices and in making The Philippines’ food service industry more environmentally friendly.