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How Do We Get People to Compost?

EATER

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. Marina Lohrbach /Shutterstock.

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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry loses an astounding $162 billion each year in food waste. 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. Between a third and a half of food is wasted worldwide annually.

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7 Tips to Reduce Food Waste & Increase Profit Margins

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Pinching pennies might have worked pre-Covid, but to survive today’s increased wages and higher food costs restaurants will have to find new ways to increase profits. Taking advantage of the growing trend of reducing food waste is a great way to achieve both. The Food Waste Pandemic.

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Protecting the Planet and Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

Since the day man first cooked over fire, food production has been associated with the burning of carbon-based materials, and so the release of carbon dioxide gas. Drivers for implementing carbon reduction efforts come from customers, our supply chain, the government and investors. Let’s take food first.

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Shifting Priorities During COVID-19: Waste Goes up as Restaurants aim to Stop the Spread of the Pandemic

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Waste production is going up as business owners around the world swap their waste reduction initiatives out with ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Donate Food Waste to Local Charities. They are the only organization in Houston who picks up prepared food items, but other organizations like them are found all around the country.

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How can coffee shops reduce single-use cup waste? 

Perfect Daily Grind

To find out, I spoke with four coffee professionals involved with the HuskeeSwap reusable cup programme. There are a number of sustainability issues across the entire coffee supply chain , but none have quite received the same level of attention as single-use cups. But how do these initiatives work? Why are single-use cups a problem?

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7 Guest Preference Predictions for 2022

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As we end 2021 and consider the vast increase in takeout, comfort food, and overconsumption of alcohol that took place during the throws of the pandemic, many of us are resolved to doing better in 2022. Many of the sustainability practices that we were committed to pre-COVID flew out the door when we entered this unprecedented era.

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