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

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When food waste goes to landfills, it creates methane , a powerful greenhouse gas. Food waste from all sources is responsible for eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the U.S. But restaurants have other, less visible sources of waste that also contribute to climate change.

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How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Way We Eat

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billion from the same period in 2019. Legislators Will Rethink How to Better Manage Product Waste. The other big challenge the pandemic has brought to life is forcing businesses and governments to rethink our approach to packaging waste. billion in revenue from April through September of 2020—compared with $2.5

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Supporting Guests and the Environment with Sustainable Restrooms

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Daily travel numbers are nearly back to what they were in 2019, according to the Transportation Security Administration ( TSA). Utilizing recycled plastics, rather than producing new plastic materials, significantly minimizes greenhouse gas emissions. Minimize your facility’s output of plastic waste.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

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” The Weishaupt’s founded the Weishaupt Family Foundation in 2019 to give back to the community-at-large and distributed $50K in grants to nonprofit organizations in the New Orleans area. By encouraging diners to book and pay in advance, restaurants can better manage food waste, curb no shows and drive much needed revenue.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category. Hog Island Oyster Company, a proud ambassador of B Corp certification in a 2019 Food & Wine article, has since let go of the certification.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

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While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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Changes at McDonald’s and Reducing Food Waste

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This edition of MRM News Bites features McDonalds, the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, OpenTable, Ordermark, Hudson Group, Hakkasan Group , Waitr and Checkers, ICV Partners, Restaurant Technologies, Diebold Nixdorf and Alto-Shaam. " Reducing Food Waste. Changes at the Top for McDonald's.

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