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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

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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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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. You may also like our article on how sustainable coffee packaging is. For example, reusing and recycling coffee grounds into biofuel, compost, or fertiliser is already a popular way of minimising waste production.

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AMERICAN RESTAURANTS – AN INTERESTING EVOLUTION

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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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How can coffee shops reduce single-use cup waste? 

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You may also like our article on why recycling single-use coffee cups is so difficult. As more and more countries implement bans on single-use cups and plastics , we’ve seen the number of biodegradable, compostable, and recyclable alternatives increase. Want to read more articles like this? Why are single-use cups a problem?

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7 Tips to Reduce Food Waste & Increase Profit Margins

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San Francisco’s mandatory composting ordinance, for example, encourages residents and businesses to reduce their landfill fees by shifting as much as possible to composting. These articles by Toast and 7shifts are a start. Compost – Check if composting leftovers is suitable for your business.

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5 ways restaurants can succeed at sustainability

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Every article in the series is worth a read, but several themes emerged across how these restaurants achieve sustainable superstar status. 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. The Shuckery composts all of its oysters.

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Environmentally Friendly Tips For Restaurants

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Consider donating excess food to local charities or composting food scraps instead of sending them to landfills. Consider using compostable or biodegradable to-go containers, straws, and utensils made from bamboo. Check out our Wine On Tap article to learn about more of the benefits of pouring straight from the tap.

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