Original Air Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 @ 1:00pm ET The fast paced, cost-conscious nature of restaurant operations present unique challenges for waste reduction. It also creates opportunities. This webinar explored a range of up and down stream solutions, including the use of qualitative data to minimize food waste during kitchen production and opportunities to generate revenue from food otherwise bound for the landfill. The program put a spotlight on examples of dine-in and to-go restaurants successfully using reusable cups and containers in place of…

Diversion & Waste Reduction in Veterinary Facilities Original Air Date: Thursday August 22, 2024 @ 1:00pm ET   Description: Similar to human healthcare, veterinary care facilities generate large amounts of waste. From surgical gloves to animal bedding to single-use sharps and syringes, veterinary operations present many opportunities to reduce, reuse, and recycle. This webinar featured two presentations, a high-level review of how to set up a waste reduction program and measure impact, as well as a case study presentation from a Californian veterinary specialty and…

Ask an Expert… ABOUT WASTE REDUCTION IN HEALTHCARE Original Air Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 @ 1:00pm ET Description: Hospitals, doctors offices and other healthcare settings generate volumes of waste and present unique challenges to waste prevention and recovery efforts. Hearing case studies of successful sustainability programs is helpful but sometimes it’s nice to talk through the real-world details with someone who has first-hand experience. As a follow up to our January healthcare reuse webinar, Busch Systems invited healthcare sustainability expert Erika Kimball to engage…

Making the Case for Reuse and Waste Prevention Getting buy-in from decision makers and the public. Original air date: Wed Sept 6th, 2023 at 1:00pm ET   Description: The last few years have seen a groundswell of startup companies and community-level initiatives working to address structural barriers to the widespread adoption of reuse and waste prevention practices. For many communities, however, the greater challenge is to sell these to decision makers and a general public conditioned on a system of care-free consumption. This webinar featured…