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How Do We Get People to Compost?

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Composting is good for everything and everyone, but food waste continues to be a major problem In the United States, food waste amounts to a whopping 30 to 40 percent of the food supply. New York City, on the other hand, introduced a curbside composting program that failed completely because there was little incentive to participate.

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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

Cross-contamination at a restaurant refers to the transmission of germs or other hazardous microorganisms from food, equipment, or humans to food. Majority of people believe that compostable packaging can be thrown away with the rest trash and it will decompose on its own. What Makes Intelligent Packaging So Popular.

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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Donation, composting, and organic recycling are all available options to restaurant operators attempting to reduce the amount of food scraps entering their solid waste bins. Composting. The Green Restaurant Association claims that close to 95 percent of restaurants’ waste streams could be recycled or composted.

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Adopting Tech Solutions Is the Smartest Decision Restaurants Can Make

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But if they skip handwashing, don’t carefully sanitize equipment and surfaces, or ignore cross-contamination hazards, they could cause an expensive, damaging food breach. Tech solutions boost efficiency, productivity, and automation, allowing your restaurant to do more, even with fewer hands on deck.

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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. For example, reusing and recycling coffee grounds into biofuel, compost, or fertiliser is already a popular way of minimising waste production. A large part of this revolves around the concept of a circular economy.

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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

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Recycle and compost. Cities will compost organic waste, turning it into fertilizer, or harvest methane from rotting waste, burning it to generate power. And many restaurants have also embraced composting, turning leftover food scraps into nourishing material for local gardens. Realize that small changes matter.

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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. Use Energy-Efficient Equipment Replacing energy-hungry kitchen equipment with energy-efficient models can significantly reduce your restaurant’s energy consumption. It all starts with awareness.”

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