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Restaurants Save Money with the Right Recycling Practices 

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2018, when China stopped accepting plastics and recycling from the US, waste management professionals wondered whether the recycling industry could survive the loss of a major market for America’s commodity scrap. While recycling costs have undeniably increased, demand for high quality recyclables is still growing.

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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Donation, composting, and organic recycling are all available options to restaurant operators attempting to reduce the amount of food scraps entering their solid waste bins. Audit the waste stream and try to identify current trends and how much waste is actually being generated. Organic Recycling. Composting.

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Four Steps to Manage Restaurant Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Whichever your specific goals are, they will fall under one of the following categories: reduce waste production, reuse and recycle. You can also consult your employees and customers when doing the waste audit. Reuse and Recycle. now recycle their waste. now recycle their waste.

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

EATER

Independent restaurants can get help through utility energy audit and equipment rebate programs—if their state has them. It takes a lot of education. Unfortunately, he adds, “if you are a smaller restaurant. Containers cost more upfront, but businesses start to save fairly quickly. Customers are slower to engage, however. “It

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How To Reduce Food Waste in Restaurants

The Restaurant Group

Conducting a Food Waste Audit A food waste audit identifies where and how waste occurs in your restaurant. Educating and empowering them fosters a collective mission for sustainability. Employee Education on Waste Reduction Raise Awareness : Train staff on food wastes environmental and financial impacts.

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What Is the Carbon Footprint of the Restaurant Industry and How Can You Measure Yours?

Modern Restaurant Management

But this won’t always be the case, so restaurants may need to educate their suppliers on the benefits of calculating their own carbon emissions. All it involves is a simple audit of the products and materials being used and then their replacement (where possible) with environmentally friendly alternatives.

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Coffee News Recap, 12 Aug: Coffee leaf extract could inhibit Covid-19 infection, Intelligentsia employees vote to unionise & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

K Cup consumers could receive reimbursements over recyclability settlement. was accused of labelling K Cups as recyclable when many were not widely available for recycling in the US. case, K Cup customers are eligible for a reimbursement if they purchased the pods labelled as recyclable between 8 June 2016 and 8 August 2022.

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