The restaurant industry is fast-paced and demanding, leaving little time to delve into waste reduction strategies or sustainability initiatives. Yet, implementing an effective recycling program is crucial not just for your environmental impact, but also for improving operational efficiency and enhancing your restaurant’s reputation. To help you navigate this process, we’ve curated a list of 12 must-read resources that will guide you in optimizing your restaurant’s waste management strategy.
From standardizing your recycling procedures to adding more collection stations and minimizing contamination, these resources cover it all. While many of these recommendations are well-known within the recycling community, achieving real results requires understanding the intricacies of each component and implementing them thoughtfully. This is where these resources come into play.
The team at Busch Systems has compiled these essential guides to help you develop a robust, efficient recycling and waste management program tailored specifically for your restaurant. Best of all, they’re completely free!
If you have other resources that you believe would add value, feel free to share your suggestions in the comments below. And be sure to bookmark this page—these resources will serve as a useful reference whenever you have a moment to enhance your waste management knowledge and refine your restaurant’s sustainability efforts.
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This study focuses on the importance of reducing waste in the food and drink industry. Any food business considering zero waste or waste reduction will find this study fascinating as it addresses the issues with food and packaging waste in the industry.
This paper reports many statistics and findings from other studies to make recommendations on how to reduce waste and save money. If you’re looking into starting or expanding your organics collection within your restaurant, this is a must-read!
3. Waste Reduction & Recycling Tips for Restaurants
This quick read includes a list of tips that will help you divert waste within your restaurant. It explains how diverting waste can help your bottom line and provides extra tips on how to properly recycle.
This blog focuses on types of materials that can be commonly recycled at your restaurant and tips to prevent food waste and materials that can’t be recycled. It provides some easy and creative solutions that are much more profitable and environmentally friendly than sending waste to the landfill.
5. 16 Tips for Restaurant Food Waste Reduction
Many restaurant owners can confirm that disposing of waste and organics can be quite expensive. This article focuses on how to reduce those costs by providing some great tips on how to dramatically reduce waste within your restaurant.
6. How to Run an Environmentally Friendly Restaurant (11 Ways to Go Green)
This blog is a quick and easy read that goes beyond waste reduction to provide some amazing suggestions on how to make your restaurant more environmentally friendly. These quick tips will help you generate ideas on how to apply these principles to your business and greatly reduce your restaurant’s environmental impact.
7. How to Go Green at your Restaurant
Building off of the previous blog listed above, this article expands on the easy changes your business can make in order to continue its commitment to sustainability.
If you’re looking for a quick and easy fact sheet on recycling in restaurants, check out this infographic featuring some insightful stats that will motivate you to start recycling in your restaurant.
9. How to Reduce Food Waste in the Restaurant and Catering Business
This article not only outlines 10 different ways to reduce food waste in your business, but also provides tips on how to properly segregate waste including difficult items such as fryer oil. These tips will have you reducing waste in no time!
10. Recycling in the Food Service Industry [Webinar Recording]
If you’re losing your motivation to read about recycling in the food service industry, try watching our free webinar recording! This video includes a full presentation on how to reduce waste, cut costs, and recycle better within your restaurant. This resource is full of tips to help you improve your restaurant’s sustainability and achieve program success.
And there you have it! Plenty of resources to get your journey to sustainable waste management started. We’ll continue to update this page as we see more great information come down the pipe. And again, if you think we’ve missed some more resources, feel free to comment below.
