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How can specialty coffee push for a circular economy model?

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This ranges from using more sustainable processing methods on farms to using recyclable and compostable packaging. For example, reusing and recycling coffee grounds into biofuel, compost, or fertiliser is already a popular way of minimising waste production. A large part of this revolves around the concept of a circular economy.

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An Environmentally Friendly Strategy to Reduce Restaurant Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

Food production and consumption currently constitute over 30 percent of international greenhouse gas emissions, and the world food system’s ecological footprint is expected to greatly expand in the next few decades following an increase in world population, which is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050.

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Skip the Straw: How Restaurants Can Make an Impact

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At current rates of production, plastic pollution in the ocean will outweigh fish pound-for-pound by 2050. When they have run their lifetime, the straws will decompose in your regular garden compost pile. That’s the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash on every coastline around the world. Going Beyond the Straw.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

The sweepstakes, featuring a grand prize of $10,000 worth of state-of-the-art tech equipment for an ordering and payment system, and $1,500 worth of carryout packaging, can be found at www.smithfieldgood2go.com. “With Uber Eats recently completing its billionth delivery, there’s no denying the impact this campaign can have.

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