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Exploring the compostable coffee capsule market

Perfect Daily Grind

One of these alternatives is compostable coffee capsules. What are compostable capsules? He tells me: “A truly compostable coffee capsule is one that has been verified to be able to break down under certain conditions. There are two certification categories for compostable pods: industrial and home-compatible.

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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

Modern Restaurant Management

Proper inventory management is essential to decreasing food waste and saving related expenses. All employees should practice proper “first in, first out” inventory management. Use tech tools to track supplier certifications to be sure your suppliers are consistently practicing proper food safety and quality protocols.

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Can you run a zero-waste coffee shop?

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To address this problem, some coffee businesses are opting for more sustainable approaches to waste management, including circular economy models. This is widely considered to be the first implementation of official zero-waste management practices in the US. I worked as a barista and coffee shop manager for more than six years.

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Effective Promotional Ingredients for Going Green

Modern Restaurant Management

These practices include using energy efficient lighting (79 percent of restaurant operators said they use CFL or LED lighting), engaging in recycling (65 percent of operators recycle cardboard and paper) and reducing food waste (22 percent donate leftover food and 14 percent compost food waste).

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Adding Sustainable Alcohol Options to Your Restaurant

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of solid waste via recycling, composting, and repurposing; Purchasing carbon credits for unavoidable emissions. When searching for low-waste vineyards in your area, look for certification from a wine industry sustainability body. Strategize : Your waste management program probably isn’t perfect—and that’s ok.

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Resolving environmental issues in coffee production

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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. If the wastewater is not managed correctly], it can pollute rivers, streams, and lakes which increases the bioload,” he tells me.

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Coffee News Recap, 6 May: Vietnamese coffee production could drop 10% in 2022/23, China’s coffee imports to increase by 5% in 2022 & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Certification body 4C partners with Melitta to improve European market access for Colombian coffee farmers. The guide covers best practices for each stage of wet mill processing, as well as a number of waste management techniques. The filters are made with coconut-shell based activated carbon.

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