Remove Government Remove Recycling Remove Waste
article thumbnail

Making Your Food Delivery Business More Sustainable

Modern Restaurant Management

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.

article thumbnail

Can Your Food Delivery Business Be More Sustainable?

Modern Restaurant Management

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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Way We Eat

Modern Restaurant Management

Legislators Will Rethink How to Better Manage Product Waste. The other big challenge the pandemic has brought to life is forcing businesses and governments to rethink our approach to packaging waste. Last March, legislatures across the country were considering bans and taxes on plastic bags.

article thumbnail

The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

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.

article thumbnail

An Environmentally Friendly Strategy to Reduce Restaurant Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

Food waste generated by restaurants has long been an expensive and environmentally harmful problem. Now, there are solutions to change this that actually turn the waste into a resource that doesn't just benefit the environment, but the restaurants themselves. The Food Waste Reduction Alliance stated in a report that only 14.3

Waste 450
article thumbnail

10 Tips for Promoting Sustainability in the Food Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Rather than waste food, we can redistribute it. A circular economy moves away from the make-take-waste model and toward a model in which we design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural systems. New innovations in takeout packing are helping manage the waste. Think Circular.

article thumbnail

Protecting the Planet and Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

Drivers for implementing carbon reduction efforts come from customers, our supply chain, the government and investors. This will reduce both the cost of raw materials as well as saving on commercial waste collection. With it the need to reduce carbon emissions from business activity has grown too. Restaurant management is no exception.