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How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Way We Eat

Modern Restaurant Management

The other big challenge the pandemic has brought to life is forcing businesses and governments to rethink our approach to packaging waste. In fact, many states are already pushing to make on-demand laws permanent, including Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Missouri, Florida and D.C. Legislators Will Rethink How to Better Manage Product Waste.

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An Environmentally Friendly Strategy to Reduce Restaurant Costs

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percent of the leftover food is recycled, 1.4 The circular economy is a model of production and consumption involving the reuse or recycling of materials to its fullest life cycle. To encourage the use of green solutions, ESG (environmental, social and governance) goals should be implemented in restaurants.

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Trash or Treasure? Used Cooking Oil’s Golden Allure Isn’t Just About its Color

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In the 1990’s, key players in the rendering industry began producing biofuel from recycled animal fats and cooking oils on a commercial scale. “The thieves are difficult to deter,” says Frank Scoggins, security manager for a leading UCO recycling company. million worth of used cooking oil.

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Protecting the Planet and Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

Drivers for implementing carbon reduction efforts come from customers, our supply chain, the government and investors. With it the need to reduce carbon emissions from business activity has grown too. Restaurant management is no exception. This will reduce both the cost of raw materials as well as saving on commercial waste collection.

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Coffee News Recap, 10 Jun: Arabica prices hit 3-month high after drought predicted in Brazil, Pergamino to host Barista Jam at PRF Colombia & other stories

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The thermal-insulated cups are made from recycled coffee grounds and plant-based materials. The new agreement aims to provide more efficient assistance to the private sector and governments when addressing challenges in the global coffee industry. Used coffee grounds from the store will be recycled into cattle feed.

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Coffee News Recap, 30 Sep: SCA announces 2022 WBC and WBrC winners at MICE, new study links daily coffee consumption with increased longevity & other stories

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The Dubai roaster says the partnership will reduce the environmental impact of its coffee shops, mainly through recycling used coffee grounds. OCRI uses recyclable and compostable packaging and has reduced food waste in its coffee shops to less than 3%. Coffee Planet partners with The Waste Lab to implement sustainable waste solutions.

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Reducing Waste With Reusable Packaging | Season 6, Vol. 2 : Dispatch Goods

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What that means is we're kind of like recyclers just we reuse instead of send stuff to another country to hypothetically be recycled but probably not.” Hoell describes Dispatch Goods by saying “we are a reverse logistics infrastructure that's supporting circular packaging.

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