Blog: Food for Thought (and Not for Landfill)

If you’re going to make a decision to divert your food waste and reduce your carbon footprint, then it makes sense to choose the option with the lowest environmental impact. Consider these six reasons anaerobic digesters aren’t necessarily the most environmentally friendly option for the disposal of food waste.

During unconventional times, sustainability is a key strategy to staying afloat and in some cases ahead of the competition. We've summarized our experience and findings into three reasons why you should focus on building sustainability in your commercial and campus kitchen.

Destination island resorts are plagued by the exacerbated costs of managing and transporting waste. Although there has been an impact on the environment in the past, it’s not too late to make a difference. In this article, we discuss how these modern waste management solutions can help

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious, and coordinated action to address unprecedented and enduring changes in the ocean and cryosphere. Businesses in the foodservice industry can play an important role in carbon mitigation.

Many cities are actively discouraging homeowners from using in-sink waste food disposal and urge residents to include food waste such as scraps and leftovers in the same green bin as yard waste. But offering a waste food recycling program to multi-family residential buildings and commercial foodservice operators requires a different approach.

Waste food that ends up in a landfill produces methane — a gas with 84 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. How can foodservice operations minimize the carbon footprint associated with their food scraps and waste food?

Durability, good looks, and hygiene are the reasons why stainless steel is so prevalent in commercial kitchens. If you're buying a biodigester for your kitchen, check the quality of the finish on the exposed surfaces and then look under the hood.

President Donald Trump proclaimed Thursday he was withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accord, a sweeping step that fulfills a campaign promise while acutely dampening global efforts to curb global warming.

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) recently released a new sustainability report that stresses restaurant initiatives in recycling, composting and food waste reduction.