Food Waste Focus

Have you read this great article yet?  It was in the June 2010 issue of Food Mangement.  It takes a good look at composting: how is compost created, what are the space requiremnts and is it realistic at your facility.
Check it out: http://food-management.com/business_topics/management/composting-solutions-garbage-gold-0610/

Whats more likely to attract positive attention when outsiders tour through a kitchen: a compost bin filled with todays leftovers or an empty speed rack in a walk-in? In most all cases the compost bin steals the show. But the empty shelf actually has a much bigger story to tell.
In fact, food waste prevention ranks [...]

We were pleased to exhibit at the National Restaurant show in Chicago this year (NRA 2010).  Andrew Shakman was one of the presenters at the NRA Conserve Pavilion.  He was able to give three speeches over the course of four days.
This link will take you to the presentation for “ABC’s of Food Waste Management: Reduction and [...]

Practice Greenhealth recently released a 10-Step Guide to Foodservice Composting.  Although it was written specifically with healthcare foodservice in mind, all the content should be generally applicable to most volume foodservice operations.
Download Practice Greenhealth Guide here: Composting 10StepGuide
Practice Greenhealth offers many other excellent resources on waste management. Visit their site at www.practicegreenhealth.org.

Which foodservice waste items qualify as “compostable?”
The answer depends on who will handle the composting – keep in mind that many commercial composters handle yard waste but cannot or will not accept food. Those that do handle food waste will usually accept all food waste (pre-consumer and post-consumer) as well as plant-based compostable disposables [...]

International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) takes place this year from May 2-8, 2010, with the theme “Compost!…Recycling For a Greener Tomorrow”.
Originally established in 1995, Compost Awareness Week serves the important role of bringing the Compost! message to the attention of the public, business and other groups. Communities, government agencies as well as members of the composting [...]

Have you heard the term Zero Waste? If you answered “yes”, you’re not alone. Many foodservice managers and chefs have been learning about Zero Waste initiatives recently and looking specifically at the feasibility of zero food waste. Operators tend to have one of two reactions:
* That’s an impossible goal, we can’t run out of food! [...]

It seems that Food Waste and Food Waste Reduction strategies have finally made it to the ‘hot topic‘ list. We have seen a huge increase in the number of webinars focused around food waste and reduction strategies in recent months.  Below are just some of those available in the coming months.
Check out these TWO webinars [...]

While the following trends are not fully here today, they’re on the horizon:

Customers Demand More Information. Customers have been clamoring to understand their food better in recent years: Where did it come from? Who grew it? Is it safe? These customers expect transparency around food. This attitude will expand beyond food sourcing into the waste [...]

A few months ago Joe Carbonara, the editor of Foodservice Equipment and Supplies Magazine, asked our president Andrew Shakman to look forward to 2010 and think about new trends and ways waste management might evolve.   We have posted excerpts from the article on this blog over the past five Wednesdays.
Here is excerpt 5 of 5 from [...]