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Help build Detroit's circular hospitality infrastructure

DETROIT DECONTAMINATED is seeking partners who want to help build, test, and scale the next generation of food-recovery infrastructure.

We are interested in partnerships with

  • Restaurants
  • Hospitality companies
  • Universities
  • Schools
  • Healthcare systems
  • Corporate campuses
  • Municipal governments
  • Food recovery organizations
  • Composting organizations
  • Food manufacturers
  • Technology companies
  • Logistics providers
  • Foundations
  • Impact investors
  • Sustainability organizations
For Food Operators

Join a future pilot

Interested in reducing food waste inside your operation? Join a future pilot and help validate the platform in a real kitchen.

Become a Pilot Partner

For Municipalities

Citywide infrastructure

Interested in food-recovery infrastructure and citywide circular-economy data?

Explore Municipal Partnerships

For Funders + Investors

Phase 1 development

The 2026 plan recommends a $350,000 integrated Phase 1, inside the $250,000–$400,000 range: software MVP and data layer ($120,000), reusable container inventory ($45,000), cold storage, sanitation and logistics ($45,000), pilot staffing and training ($55,000), recovery and upcycled product development ($20,000), measurement and independent evaluation ($15,000), legal, insurance and food-safety compliance ($15,000), partner onboarding and community launch ($10,000), and contingency ($25,000).

Twelve months, 5–10 participating sites, 3–5 funded roles. The full budget, revenue architecture, and implementation schedule are in the 2026 Business Model + Capital Plan.

Read the 2026 Plan (PDF)

Start a Partnership Conversation

Tell us where you fit into the circular food system.

Use this form for pilot participation, municipal collaboration, institutional partnerships, technology and logistics partnerships, funding, investment, and other Detroit Decontaminated inquiries.

Prefer email? info@detroitdecontaminated.com

Your inquiry will be routed through Detroit Decontaminated's partnership intake process.