Compost Design Recycling 
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 14, 2021
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. Composting. The Green Restaurant Association claims that close to 95 percent of restaurants’ waste streams could be recycled or composted.
Culinary Cues
AUGUST 22, 2022
Instead of thirty-gallon trash cans spread out through the kitchen, there were two much smaller cans, a recycling bin, and tubs for compost. The chef never bought ingredients by the case, but rather what he or she needed to service their space.
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EATER
OCTOBER 15, 2024
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.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
About half of consumers indicated that a “restaurant’s efforts to reduce food waste, recycle or donate food can be factors in choosing where to dine.” Menus are also excellent vehicles for highlighting green practices such as farm to table dishes made with locally grown and harvested fruits, vegetables, meats and seafood.
Modern Restaurant Management
MARCH 9, 2022
Research has shown that 72% of Americans say that packaging design affects their buying decisions. Majority of people believe that compostable packaging can be thrown away with the rest trash and it will decompose on its own. Intelligent packaging provides added appeal to the traditional packaging, making it presentable and appetizing.
Restaurant365
JANUARY 21, 2022
60% Americans would support local ordinances improving recyclability standards for takeout containers. Reusable, recyclable, and compostable are the three major categories that fall under the sustainable packaging category. Recyclable. Recyclable takeout containers are commonly made from plastic.
Cheetah
NOVEMBER 27, 2021
More than 180 billion single use takeout containers are thrown away in the US every year, and recycling is not a solution. A UN funded study estimated that barely 10% of plastic packaging is recycled effectively and more than 70% reaches landfills and nature. It takes at least 500 years to decompose and cannot be fully recycled.
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