The Green Restaurant Association (GRA) is a United States non-profit organization that provides certification for restaurants to become more environmentally responsible.
Since 1990, the GRA has been building an extensive database of environmental goals for the restaurant industry.
The GRA rates existing restaurants and food service operations with points in seven environmental categories.
These categories are water efficiency, waste reduction and recycling, sustainable furnishings and building materials, sustainable food, energy, disposables, chemical and pollution reduction.
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