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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

EATER

As part of creating that good environment, she’s taken multiple steps to cut Rifrullo’s carbon footprint, including composting all food scraps, one of the most important steps restaurants can take to combat climate change. For takeout, she uses compostable containers and wooden silverware. I struggle with it.

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How Organic Ingredients Can Enhance Your Restaurant’s Sustainability Initiatives

The Rail

By Julia Nikolaus, Contributor Sustainability has become crucial to the success of restaurants. The Importance of Sustainability in the Restaurant Industry Up until now, restaurants have contributed significantly to environmental pollution. These ethical shifts make sustainability a win-win for the environment and your restaurant.

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Restaurant Experts Talk Sustainability Tips and Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

Sustainability continues to be a pressing issue for restaurants and the world. One of the penultimate responsibilities as a professional chef is learning to work sustainably. One of the penultimate responsibilities as a professional chef is learning to work sustainably. Lisa Dahl, Chef and Restaurateur, Dahl Restaurant Group.

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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

Modern Restaurant Management

All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. Inspect all food deliveries. Carefully check each delivery before accepting it or you may be immediately throwing food (and money!)

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

Read any article enumerating the current or emerging trends in restaurants and retail and you will see ideas of health and wellness, environmental sustainability, and brand authenticity coming to the fore. Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category.

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An Environmentally Friendly Strategy to Reduce Restaurant Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

In an era of rapid urbanization and population growth, waste management is critical for sustainable, healthy, and inclusive cities. A move in this direction would include changing the way restaurants handle food waste, and now with deliveries becoming more common, plastic waste as well. The time to act is now.

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

We’re continually learning about new and innovative ways to help our clients be more sustainable—whether that be choosing eco-friendly materials and fixtures or finding new products that use recycled or compostable packaging. Think paper straws versus plastic. The focus is to cut down the impact we have on the environment.