Turning Leftover Buffet Fruits into Animal Treats: A Continuous Effort to Reduce Food Waste

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Yokohama Grand InterContinental Hotel continues its initiative to reduce food waste by providing leftover fruits and bread from its buffet to animals at Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zooria. The program will be held every third Sunday starting from June 2026.

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Yokohama Grand InterContinental Hotel continues its initiative to reduce food waste by providing leftover fruits and bread from its buffet to animals at Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zooria. The program will be held every third Sunday starting from June 2026.

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Yokohama Grand InterContinental Hotel (1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) will continue to participate in an initiative to use leftover fruits and bread from its buffet as special treats for animals at Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zooria. This initiative will take place every third Sunday from June 21, 2026, to February 21, 2027. This initiative, which began in August 2025 with collaboration between a hotel, a transportation company, and a zoo in the city, aims to show visitors to the zoo how animals eat the food provided to them, thereby raising awareness about the importance of food and food waste. The hotel has been participating in this initiative since this year. In March, April, and May, the initiative received a lot of feedback from both inside and outside the hotel. As we enter the second year of this initiative, the systems for providing, receiving, and transporting the food have been established. Starting this June, the target animals will be expanded from Indian elephants to include chimpanzees, making it a continuous monthly initiative rather than a one-time event. The hotel will provide oranges, grapefruits, grapes, and other fruits that were not consumed during business hours at the buffet dining "Ocean Terrace" in a fresh state through a transportation company to the zoo. Through this initiative, we hope to promote the recycling of resources and provide many people, including zoo visitors, with opportunities to think about the importance of food and the reduction of food waste. Initiative Overview ■ Recipient: Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zooria ■ Venue: Chimpanzee Exhibition Area, Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zooria ■ Date and Time: June 21, 2026 (Sun), July 19, 2026 (Sun), 2:15 PM during "Keeper's Special Time" *Note: The event may be canceled or changed due to animal health management and other reasons. In the future, similar initiatives will be continuously implemented for Indian elephants or chimpanzees on the following dat

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