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How can specialty coffee push for a circular economy model?

Perfect Daily Grind

This ranges from using more sustainable processing methods on farms to using recyclable and compostable packaging. When carried out effectively, a circular economy minimises environmental impact. To find out more about a circular economy model in coffee, I spoke with Mark Zhou, founder of sustainable packaging company MTPak Coffee.

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Here’s what’s happening at the 2023 Specialty Coffee Expo

Perfect Daily Grind

On Friday 21st April, this year’s Specialty Coffee Expo will take place in Portland, Oregon. Read on to learn more about this year’s Specialty Coffee Expo, as well as key events and activities taking place at the three-day trade show. Check out the PDG Events Calendar here.

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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

Perfect Daily Grind

The online event is part of the WCA’s TechnoCoffee Innovation Series, and will cover topics related to data interoperability and transparency in the coffee sector. This year’s World Coffee and Tea Expo to take place in Lagos, Nigeria from 1 to 3 December 2022. Nucleus Coffee Tools wins 2022 MICE Product Innovation Award.

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How Do We Get People to Compost?

EATER

The bulk of our landfills are taken up by thrown-out food, which is doubly wasteful — because composting, the natural process of turning food into fertilizer, could be the answer to so many of our pressing energy woes. That said, this stuff is still complicated, there are still challenges to be solved,” Graber adds.

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Restaurant Sustainability Efforts and Customer Attraction

The Restaurant Group

For some time now, the members of the foodservice industry in some areas have been forced, at a minimum, to practice proper waste disposal and recycling. For the survey, the NRA questioned 500 operators and 1000 consumers to find out what efforts are being made toward sustainable practice, and which are of primary concern to diners.

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Restaurant Startup Trends To Follow In 2022

The Restaurant Times

However, we are living in exciting times with new opportunities emerging out of utter chaos. Restaurant startup developments in recent years have included a variety of food delivery alternatives, company expansion, service innovation, extended online ordering, assemble-your-meal popup businesses, and many others. . Restaurant Tech.

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

As Modern Restaurant Management Restaurant (MRM) magazine celebrates its fifth anniversary this month, we reached out to industry insiders to garner their insights on what issues have impacted the industry over the last five years and what issues they feel will impact restaurants in the years to come. Think paper straws versus plastic.