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July/August 2020 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

California Requires Quick Service Restaurants to Make Composting Bins Available : On July 1, a California law, requiring restaurants, malls and other businesses to make composting and recycling bins accessible to customers officially went into effect. Administrative Developments.

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Resolving environmental issues in coffee production

Perfect Daily Grind

Naturally, large-scale agricultural production can sometimes be at odds with environmental conservation and protection efforts – often because of links to deforestation and poor farm management, for instance. These are issues in all major, large-scale agricultural industries because of economies of scale.”.

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How to find sustainable specialty coffee shops and roasters

Perfect Daily Grind

It should be noted, however, that the vast majority of these issues are a result of large-scale agriculture. Then read our article on why recycling single-use coffee cups is so difficult. In terms of environmental impact, meanwhile, there are some pressing issues which need to be addressed in the production and trade of coffee.

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Coffee News Recap, 6 Jan: Vietnam’s annual coffee exports grew by 10% in 2022, PRF El Salvador to host Global Roasting Contest and Cold Brew Championship & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The Canadian roaster’s new 100% recycled cardboard packaging also includes a fully recyclable and compostable shipping label and inner lining. The roaster also says its clear coffee bag is recyclable in most regions of Canada. Torque Coffee launches new Coffee Box which reduces packaging by over 50%. Tue, 3 Jan.

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Restaurant Experts Talk Sustainability Tips and Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

We use recyclable packaging and keep takeout packaging products to the minimum. This list can go on and on for waste, however, when waste is FINALLY just waste, compost is the answer or if the trimmings are safe, I'll give them to my sous chef, who then feeds them to her chickens. Using creative plating opportunities when arisen.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

EATER

No chef has shaped the 21st-century conversation about the connections between agriculture , cuisine , ecology , health , and climate change more profoundly than Barber. The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit regenerative farm and educational center, opened in 2004 on the site of a former dairy farm.

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3 Simple Ways Restaurants Can Reduce Food Waste this Holiday Season

Xtra Chef

According to Ecocycle, one of the largest non-profit recyclers in the US, less than 15% of restaurant food waste is collected for composting. The Boulder-based firm recently released a special report offering restaurant operators insights and advice on how they can reduce waste through composting. Donate Leftover Food.

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