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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Donation, composting, and organic recycling are all available options to restaurant operators attempting to reduce the amount of food scraps entering their solid waste bins. Composting. The Green Restaurant Association claims that close to 95 percent of restaurants’ waste streams could be recycled or composted.

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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

Modern Restaurant Management

Educate your employees why it’s essential to reduce food waste and train them on how to accomplish this. Recycle and compost. California has just launched a food waste recycling program, the largest of its kind in the US. Train your staff. Realize that small changes matter.

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An Environmentally Friendly Strategy to Reduce Restaurant Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

percent of the leftover food is recycled, 1.4 Educating the restaurant industry about the circular economy should be a kicking off point for implementing these solutions. The circular economy is a model of production and consumption involving the reuse or recycling of materials to its fullest life cycle. percent, is discarded.

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Organic Waste Recycling for Foodservice: What You Need To Know

Sustainability Beyond the Plate

Until 2016, commercial organic recycling was limited to the dedicated few. If you produce 4 cubic yards* (the size of a standard commercial bin, not the smaller ‘cart’) or more of organic waste per week, you must separate and recycle that waste. Composting can be considered a form of recycling.

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Four Ways To Manage Limited Resources And Increase Your Margins

Modern Restaurant Management

You can educate your staff and appoint a food waste reduction team; inventory and store food properly and use it on a “first in, first out” basis; measure portion sizes to lower the number of plates that come back with uneaten foods; recycle unused ingredients and compost leftovers.

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Coffee News Recap, 30 Sep: SCA announces 2022 WBC and WBrC winners at MICE, new study links daily coffee consumption with increased longevity & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Donations will be used to support the non-profit’s educational programmes for more than 14,640 global members. The Dubai roaster says the partnership will reduce the environmental impact of its coffee shops, mainly through recycling used coffee grounds. Uganda anticipates record-breaking coffee harvest for 2022/23.

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Wasting Away: Reducing Food (and Energy) Waste for Restaurants

Sustainability Beyond the Plate

Richard Young, Director of Education. The Food Service Tecnology Center (FSTC) held two educational seminars in June covering the relationship between food and energy waste. The discussion was lively and the speakers covered all aspects of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. Rethink Disposables – Clean Water Action. Republic Waste.

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