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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

Majority of people believe that compostable packaging can be thrown away with the rest trash and it will decompose on its own. However, the reality is compostable packaging are designed to be decomposed and processed in commercial composting facilities that provide the right environment for composting in a short period of time.

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Spotlight on Sustainability: Plantware Cutlery

Wasserstrom

How PLA Transforms Into Compostable Utensils Plantware is a line of renewable, compostable […] The post Spotlight on Sustainability: Plantware Cutlery appeared first on The Official Wasserstrom Blog. Among their impressive range of sustainable products, today, Plantware by Eco-Products takes center stage.

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AMERICAN RESTAURANTS – AN INTERESTING EVOLUTION

Culinary Cues

Starting as a raw, not always well thought out movement in the 60’s this became the organic food movement, sustainable practices, recycling and composting, the farm to table movement, and learning about the connections between what we eat and how we feel.

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ADJUSTING A COOK’S SKILLS TO MEET A CHANGING INDUSTRY

Culinary Cues

Full utilization of ingredients, minimizing waste, composting and portion control will be even more essential than they were in the past. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. SKILL SET: Chefs will need to teach cooks and cooks will need to monitor each other’s compliance with the rules of sustainable cost control. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Effective Promotional Ingredients for Going Green

Modern Restaurant Management

These practices include using energy efficient lighting (79 percent of restaurant operators said they use CFL or LED lighting), engaging in recycling (65 percent of operators recycle cardboard and paper) and reducing food waste (22 percent donate leftover food and 14 percent compost food waste).

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5 ways restaurants can succeed at sustainability

Open for Business

The OpenTable blog recently shined a spotlight on some of the biggest players in the world of sustainability. Photo credit: Forage Composting At Forage in Boston, the kitchen focuses on using all parts of its ingredients to cut food waste to the bone. And the minimal food scraps go straight to the compost bin—never to a landfill.

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Shifting Priorities During COVID-19: Waste Goes up as Restaurants aim to Stop the Spread of the Pandemic

Lavu

You can also look into compostable packaging options and inform customers their takeout packaging can be composted. For more tips on using your inventory tracking system to cut waste and make reordering easier, check out this previous blog post from Lavu. Start Composting Food Waste.

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