Miami Beach Convention Center

7 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 LEED© Silver certified green building. They also have a big food recovery program with the help of Food Rescue US. The MBCC team uses the Food Rescue app to list all the food left over after a function. The app connects them with charities in the area who could use the leftovers; MBCC then repackages the food and sends it off to be put to good use. “There are many great organizations in the area like Miami Rescue Mission or Camillus House or the Chapman Partnership that are great folks,” Medina explains. “They constantly come by and pick up leftover Danishes, fruits, muffins, whatever the item is. We are good Samaritans in effect.” Food that is no longer suitable for consumption goes to Compost for Life, a South Florida organization that picks up scraps at the MBCC twice a week to turn into compost. “To date we have already composted over 15000 pounds of