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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

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According to Future Market Insights, since 2021, online food delivery services market is growing at over 9.5% Majority of people believe that compostable packaging can be thrown away with the rest trash and it will decompose on its own. of overall waste generated in 2021. million tonnes or 28.1%

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Supermarket Food Waste Is a Big Problem. Is Dynamic Pricing the Solution?

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Dynamic pricing is not new; for decades, the airline, fashion, and hospitality industries have all found that dynamic pricing — the incremental adjustments to prices to reflect inventory, demand, and supply — has helped companies cut waste and save money. All of this food waste — 35 percent of the U.S. A recent study from U.C.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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For Sleepy Bee, we submitted our assessment in June 2021, entered the review process in March 2022, and completed it in November of 2022. Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category.

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The Challenges — and Opportunities — of Establishing a More Circular Mushroom Economy

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Photo courtesy of Tivoli Mushrooms As demand flourishes, managing the waste from the growing process (known as substrate) poses some problems but brings solutions that could ensure a sustainable future for the market This story originally appeared on Civil Eats. Fruiting mushrooms in substrate. It wasn’t a tough sell.

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

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This zero waste cooking technique will also allow chefs and bartenders to creatively repurpose leftover produce and give it new life. For instance, Metz is leaning into upcycling, zero-waste, excess food remediation initiatives, and providing compostable takeout dinnerware for eco-conscious dining. ” – T.J.

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July/August 2020 Legal Update

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California Requires Quick Service Restaurants to Make Composting Bins Available : On July 1, a California law, requiring restaurants, malls and other businesses to make composting and recycling bins accessible to customers officially went into effect. Full-service restaurants are exempt from this law if employees sort organic waste.

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Restaurant Experts Talk Sustainability Tips and Trends

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To eliminate waste, I always make pickles or fermentations with excess vegetables and dry cure meats for our charcuterie program to utilize any excess proteins. Waste reduction- We practice utilizing our waste as much as we can away from the generalist notion of putting things up as specials.