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How can coffee shops reduce single-use cup waste? 

Perfect Daily Grind

As they’re difficult to recycle, we can also conclude most of these cups end up going to landfill, where they contribute to a growing waste problem. You may also like our article on why recycling single-use coffee cups is so difficult. Can you recycle single-use cups? Read on to learn more about what they had to tell me.

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6 Ways To Enhance Waste Management System To Reduce Restaurant Operating Costs

The Restaurant Times

Conduct Waste Audits. You need to conduct waste audits to know the exact amount of food waste that gets generated from various sources. The goals and benefits of the waste audit must be clear to the team so that it can proactively contribute to the audit and come together to refine the waste management system.

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The Top 10 U.S. Food Vendors: Do you know everything you should about your restaurant food vendors?

Marketman

The environmental impact of how products were transported. Number 8: DOT Transportation – Family-owned and -operated, DOT Transportation serves customers in all 50 states, as well as 39 countries. Sustainability and social responsibility are top-of-mind for DOT Transportation. But, their efforts don’t stop there.

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The Top 10 U.S. Food Vendors: Do you know everything you should about your restaurant food vendors?

Marketman

The environmental impact of how products were transported. Number 8: DOT Transportation – Family-owned and -operated, DOT Transportation serves customers in all 50 states, as well as 39 countries. Sustainability and social responsibility are top-of-mind for DOT Transportation. But, their efforts don’t stop there.

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What Is the Carbon Footprint of the Restaurant Industry and How Can You Measure Yours?

Modern Restaurant Management

From emissions released during the production of the ingredients, to the water used to grow fruit and vegetables, to the transportation emissions involved in the supply of ingredients – the carbon footprint associated with the resulting meal can be as much as eight kg of carbon dioxide (CO2).

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Four Steps to Manage Restaurant Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Whichever your specific goals are, they will fall under one of the following categories: reduce waste production, reuse and recycle. You can also consult your employees and customers when doing the waste audit. Reuse and Recycle. now recycle their waste. This is the best way to support recycling programs.

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15 Tips for Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Restaurant365

Food waste also represents wasted water, energy, resources, and labor that were required to grow, transport, and store it. Start by auditing your food waste. Divide your recyclables, trash, food waste, etc by either temporarily setting up different waste bins or by sorting through waste at the end of a shift.

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