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Making Your Food Delivery Business More Sustainable

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Sometimes, these packaging materials end up in recycling where they can be broken down for reuse. However, oils and other foodstuffs are often not accepted in recycling plants. Moving to more eco-friendly options like biodegradable materials using bamboo or already recycled paper helps reduce unwanted waste from clogging landfills.

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Can Your Food Delivery Business Be More Sustainable?

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Sometimes, these packaging materials end up in recycling where they can be broken down for reuse. However, oils and other foodstuffs are often not accepted in recycling plants. Moving to more eco-friendly options like biodegradable materials using bamboo or already recycled paper helps reduce unwanted waste from clogging landfills.

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How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Way We Eat

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The other big challenge the pandemic has brought to life is forcing businesses and governments to rethink our approach to packaging waste. In fact, many states are already pushing to make on-demand laws permanent, including Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Missouri, Florida and D.C. Legislators Will Rethink How to Better Manage Product Waste.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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And you are hopefully starting to associate the circled “B” with businesses that you seek to support for their mission and ESG (environmental, social, & governance) commitments as much as their product. But is B Corp certification something restaurants should pursue? A combined score of 80 out of 200 is required.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part One

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We’ve found ways to use less plastic and recycle more. As government policies constantly changed, the bank remained proactive ensuring we got the help we needed without any missteps. Before rolling out new tech, you should test and pilot new features prior to making any long-term or significant commitments.

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Trash or Treasure? Used Cooking Oil’s Golden Allure Isn’t Just About its Color

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In the 1990’s, key players in the rendering industry began producing biofuel from recycled animal fats and cooking oils on a commercial scale. “The thieves are difficult to deter,” says Frank Scoggins, security manager for a leading UCO recycling company. million worth of used cooking oil.

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10 Tips for Promoting Sustainability in the Food Industry

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Simply, we are talking about being more restorative by design, which is having profound implications on business, economics, and governments. Building on the concepts of a circular food economy, talk centers around recycling and how to return packaging to suppliers. Employ the Internet of Things (IoT) to Ag. Manage the Packaging.