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Exploring the compostable coffee capsule market

Perfect Daily Grind

Packaging Online claims that plastic-based capsules can take up to 500 years to break down. One of these alternatives is compostable coffee capsules. Read on to find out what they said. Although they are regarded as more sustainable than standard capsules, they can still take years to break down.

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How Do We Get People to Compost?

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Composting is good for everything and everyone, but food waste continues to be a major problem In the United States, food waste amounts to a whopping 30 to 40 percent of the food supply. New York City, on the other hand, introduced a curbside composting program that failed completely because there was little incentive to participate.

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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. Knowing where to start, and lack of time sometimes deters people from taking this step. Composting. Organic Recycling.

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The Challenges — and Opportunities — of Establishing a More Circular Mushroom Economy

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Out back, baking in the winter sun between a shed and a yellow Volkswagen bus, sits a waist-high heap of what looks like dozens of giant Frosted Mini-Wheats, each roughly the size of a cinder block. Stempel currently takes most of the material to a nearby compost facility, but local farms, gardeners, and florists also take a portion.

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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

Modern Restaurant Management

Food takes up more space in US landfills than anything else. Restaurant operators would be wise to take the following steps to reduce food waste and save money. All employees should practice proper “first in, first out” inventory management. Recycle and compost. Stop overprepping. Feed the hungry.

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Which Sustainably Packaging Model Is Best for Your Business?

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Many of the sustainability practices that we were committed to pre-COVID flew out the door when we entered this unprecedented era. One in three Americans would be willing to subscribe to a local low-cost reusable take out container return program. During the pandemic the takeout market more than doubled.

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How can specialty coffee push for a circular economy model?

Perfect Daily Grind

This ranges from using more sustainable processing methods on farms to using recyclable and compostable packaging. When carried out effectively, a circular economy minimises environmental impact. To find out more about a circular economy model in coffee, I spoke with Mark Zhou, founder of sustainable packaging company MTPak Coffee.

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