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

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Rifrullo’s rustic-modern décor, mismatched dishware, and chalkboard sign welcoming guests to “be yourself, make friends, find harmony, and relax,” are as inviting as its prices, which top out at $16 for the salmon burger. Food waste from all sources is responsible for eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the U.S.

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Exploring the compostable coffee capsule market

Perfect Daily Grind

Packaging Online claims that plastic-based capsules can take up to 500 years to break down. One of these alternatives is compostable coffee capsules. Read on to find out what they said. Although they are regarded as more sustainable than standard capsules, they can still take years to break down.

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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

According to the food waste hierarchy pyramid, source reduction is the ‘best case scenario’ when it comes to food waste. 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.

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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

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The tool from the East Coast vegan chain — a digital take on a split-flap mechanical display that appears on its website and in the chain’s ordering app — estimates the amounts of water, land, CO2, and oil saved by eating vegan burgers. The “ PLNT Impact Tracker ” on PLNT Burger’s website wants you to think about what you’re eating.

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Why You Should Promote a Sustainable Kitchen and Menu

Next Restaurants

Traditionally, restaurants can throw out large amounts of food waste, some 11.4 By sourcing local , organic ingredients, you can support local farmers and reduce the emissions from food transportation – whilst also ensuring your food is free from pesticides and harmful chemicals. million tons annually in the U.S.,

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Embracing Hyperlocal Ingredients: Transforming Menus and Communities

Modern Restaurant Management

People have become increasingly aware of climate change and the importance of ethical sourcing. What they cannot produce themselves, they source locally. The global economy allows people to eat food out of season and irregardless of its origin, but that comes at a cost. What is hyperlocal?

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Can you run a zero-waste coffee shop?

Perfect Daily Grind

I spoke with two coffee sustainability experts to find out more. We also use compostable and recyclable items, so our landfill bin is only a quarter-full every two weeks.”. However, she emphasises that it’s important to be critical of the information you receive – especially from online sources. And is it achievable?

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