National Restaurant Association Laura Abshire Director, Sustainability Policy and Government Affairs 1.

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National Restaurant Association Laura Abshire Director, Sustainability Policy and Government Affairs 1

Find Your Story 2 “When a restaurateur grabs hold of the role of storyteller and starts telling about where the food is coming from and how you can connect with people in your community who have supplied some of it, suddenly the restaurateur takes on a role that is, to me, sort of the ground level of real sustainability.” - Chef Rick Bayless

DRAFT

New Zero Waste Zones New website at: Zerowastezones.org

5 Goal: Help shift Atlanta’s business culture toward environmental sustainability

First, everyone must recycle. Second, everyone must do some community outreach. Third, choose one of three tracks for first 12 months: 6 Waste Reduction Energy Efficiency Water Conservation Overview: Participant Criteria

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Recycling Toolkit 8

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Checklists Gateway to deeper Conserve efforts Offers steps to take and path forward Eventually, develop “roadmaps” for all issues Include best practice lists for each Integrate into new Conserve website (“Learn” webpage)

Thank you 11 Laura Abshire Director, Sustainability Policy & Government Affairs National Restaurant Association E: