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Planetpro: No Time to Waste—Getting on the Right Track

No matter how much space, budget, or time you have to allocate to reducing waste, you can start to make changes today.

  1. Measure how much waste your business produces in 1 week. For a big-picture look at your waste, place a scale under your trash and recycling bins and add up your total weight for the time period. You could also sort trash into basic categories like packaging, spoilage, food prep, and leftover food on plates to identify areas that need improvement.
  2. Target the practices that led to the greatest waste, and look for ways to improve them, such as adjusting ordering or cooking quantities, retraining staff, sending more to composting/recycling, or tweaking menus.
  3. Set some achievable goals to reduce your waste.
  4. Measure categories again after a week or a month.
  5. Track your progress.
  6. Report your progress to customers to show you’re walking the talk.
  7. Continue to set and work toward new goals and establish better practices.

Planetpro: No Time to Waste—The Restaurant’s Role in Reducing Trash

Today many customers are also interested in your waste reduction efforts, as they begin to realize the environmental costs of waste. In this first issue of Planetpro, we will take a look at this topic and show you some practical ways you can manage waste.

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