Our actions against hunger and food waste
Adding value
Over the years, Partage has developed several projects to recycle unsold goods, from soup to cookies to green coffee roasting.
Partage actively fights against food waste by collecting unsold and surplus products from Geneva food companies: fresh products, dry products with a long shelf life, fruits and vegetables, hygiene products.
Partage is a committed actor participating in the implementation of the 3 political axes related to sustainable consumption and production of the Agenda 2030 in Switzerland.
- Rising consumption is putting increasing pressure on the environment : Switzerland is already exceeding the planet’s carrying capacity in several areas;
- To inform and raise awareness amongst consumers so that they make sustainable purchasing decisions and adopt consumption patterns that conserve resources;
- Switzerland produces more municipal waste than any other country in Europe : raise awareness of measures to prevent waste during production, transport, distribution and consumption.
Valorisation workshops
Partage fights against food waste by rationalizing its surplus management and by valorizing perishable foodstuffs.
Bread / breadcrumbs recycling workshop
cookies prepared in 2025
Making biscuits and cakes from unsold bread
This workshop was developed during 2020 in collaboration with the Hospice Général, to make biscuits.
Partage collects and cuts up stale bread, then makes breadcrumbs. Other ingredients – such as spices – which are either donated or purchased, are added to the recipe.
As with biscuits, breadcrumbs made from stale bread can also be used to make savoury or sweet cakes.
Coffee processing
workshop
kilos of coffee prepared in 2025
Manufacturing of roasted coffee
Companies involved in the coffee trade donate green coffee to Partage.
Since 2023, the purchase and installation of a new roaster in the Espace de valorisation’s coffee workshop has enabled the team to roast its own green coffee. It is then redistributed as beans or ground coffee.
Fruit and vegetable processing workshop
tonnes of fruit and vegetables processed in various forms by 2025
Production of fruit sticks, soups and compotes
The workshop enables our chef to develop a variety of recipes using unsold produce, such as vegetable soup, tomato sauce, vegetable sticks, compote, jam and fruit salad.
Dried fruit processing workshop
bags of dried apples produced in 2025
Fruit dehydration
Launched in 2019, the project came to fruition in May 2022.
Thanks to its new equipment, Partage washes, cuts and then dehydrates local fruit classified as ‘out of grade’ (currently apples), which is then packaged in individual 100-gram sachets.
All these valorized products are distributed – on order – to the beneficiary associations and social services.
Exchanges and surpluses between food banks
Partage and Switzerland’s food banks exchange products and surplus stock depending on what comes in, in particular with Table Suisse, Table du Rhône, Table Couvre-Toi and certain food wholesalers.
The goal is to pool resources to reduce food waste.
By choosing to support the Fondation Partage, which is recognized as being in the public interest, you are making a concrete contribution to the daily support of people in difficult economic situations in the canton of Geneva.