Blog: Food for Thought (and Not for Landfill)

Many businesses fail to understand is that the initial costs of sustainability actually lead to long term savings and costs. In a recent LinkedIn Live with Bruce Carnohan, we discuss five ways on how using an onsite food waste digester improves business operations and affects the areas of: convenience, cost, compliance, cleanliness, and control.

As sustainability has become more mainstream, awareness is also growing around the environmental stewardship of food products. We review a holistic approach and a cost case for sustainable food practices.

Between 30% and 40% of food supply in the United States goes to waste each year, according to the USDA, with tremendous impact to the environment from agricultural processes to the disposal of food waste. The food waste hierarchy pyramid is an ideal framework for addressing this problem. By applying this framework to your corporate sustainability plans, organizations can make a tremendous impact on reducing food waste and its impact on climate change.

As the world slowly begins to reopen, restaurant owners find themselves facing new pressure points that the post-pandemic era has unwittingly created. Though many restaurants are cutting costs in various areas, we have found that sustainability is key in addressing these issues and helping restaurants persevere through these new uncharted waters.

With more than 80% of its 1,190 coral islands standing less than 1 meter above sea level, the Maldives is particularly vulnerable to changes in sea level. If global warming continue at the same pace, most of the Maldives Republic's 200 inhabited islands may need to be abandoned by 2100. We discuss how the Maldives are currently tackling waste management and how sustainable changes can save the islands.

Over the course of two days, experts in the fields of agriculture, sustainability, climate change, and renewable technologies shared their visions in the first Carbon Summit. We review how achieving these carbon reductions requires recognition that sustainability takes many forms and requires a community that can build progress together.

As more cruise lines seek to green their operations, balancing sustainability, operation costs, and MARPOL regulations, food waste has presented an opportunity to make a major difference. Ships of all sizes are finding that having onboard biodigesters present benefits in not only breaking down cruise ship food waste but minimizing the labor and costs associated with disposal.

Aged care facilities are discovering four major benefits to owning an LFC biodigester: increase cleanliness, lower costs, save time, and supporting staff.

Most kitchen managers don't give a second thought to the organic waste going into the trash. However, restaurants and commercial kitchens can stand to improve their operational efficiency, reduce costs, and meet sustainability goals by analyzing the amount of food waste.