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

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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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Can you run a zero-waste coffee shop?

Perfect Daily Grind

At every level of the coffee supply chain, sustainability is a pressing issue. To address this problem, some coffee businesses are opting for more sustainable approaches to waste management, including circular economy models. I spoke with two coffee sustainability experts to find out more. And is it achievable?

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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

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Changing temperatures and weather patterns mean ingredients that were once common are now harder to come by , and sourcing ingredients from sustainable farms can often be more expensive. without interruptions. ZFP then distributes those funds, via grants, to farmers for regenerative farming projects. “As

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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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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What’s the difference between plastic and metal coffee pods?

Perfect Daily Grind

And which is more sustainable? Recyclability & sustainability. A 2019 report from The Aluminium Association found that consumer recycling rates for aluminium cans in the US was almost 50%, while the industry recycling rate was over 63%. However, no matter which type of plastic is used, there are still sustainability issues.

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How can coffee shops reduce single-use cup waste? 

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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. In 2019, the leaders of 170 countries pledged to “significantly reduce” their use of plastics (including disposable coffee cups) by 2030. Why are single-use cups a problem?

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What Hotel Menu Trends Will Define 2022?

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E xperts predict the global hotel industry in 2022 will return to 80 percent of 2019 demand — as more vacationers return to the fold and business travelers book trips once more, how have your offerings adapted to post-pandemic consumer demands? Sustainability. One area where sustainability and mass appeal coexist – spirits.

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