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How Better Cooking Oil Management Enhances Efficiency and Reduces Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

To learn more about how cooking oil management can help with this goal, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to John Michals, COO of Filta Environmental Kitchen Services. What Can Be Done : Ther are long-term cost savings associated with sustainable practices, including oil filtration and recycling services.

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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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Gen Z Wants More Than Good Food — Here’s How to Keep Them Coming Back

Modern Restaurant Management

By actively reducing our environmental footprint — through energy and water conservation, innovative waste mitigation, and sustainable supply chain management — we provide safety, efficiency, and accountability that benefit both current and future generations.

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Four Steps to Manage Restaurant Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Waste management is one of the challenges affecting the restaurant industry. Best-in-class restaurants are now responding to this challenge: working with consultants and waste management companies to rethink their waste management strategies. Reuse and Recycle. now recycle their waste. percent on average.

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Making Your Food Delivery Business More Sustainable

Modern Restaurant Management

Fuel and e-commerce order management systems help streamline delivery routes. 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. This also lowers operational costs. Sustainability is a must.

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The Connection Between Used Cooking Oil and Climate Change

Modern Restaurant Management

Recycling your restaurant’s used cooking oil isn’t just a way to address your waste problems – it can help fight climate change. are required by municipalities to have a used cooking oil recycling and grease trap partner, but there can be added benefits like opportunities for cost-reduction.

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Can Your Food Delivery Business Be More Sustainable?

Modern Restaurant Management

Fuel and e-commerce order management systems help streamline delivery routes. 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. This also lowers operational costs. Sustainability is a must.