Blog: Food for Thought (and Not for Landfill)

A recent TikTok video called out Chik-fil-a for dumping excess chicken nuggets at the end of the day. However, Chik-fil-a isn't the only restaurant chain where food waste is an issue. U.S. restaurants contribute an estimated 22 to 33 billion pounds to the food waste problem every year, a problem with tremendous environmental impacts. Chain restaurants should consider this multi-pronged approach to managing their food waste.

Supermarkets and grocery stores face a unique plight in America — nearly 30 percent of food is thrown away before it ever reaches the consumer despite the fact that 10.5 percent of households are food insecure. The best way for retail markets and grocery stores to combat climate change isn't just to procure the food from sustainable sources but includes shifting their focus to preventing food waste.

Given that individuals aged 24 years and younger today account for nearly 40 percent of the entire global population, sustainability education can serve as a powerful tool for helping today™s youth drive needed reductions in global warming.

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.

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.

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

From a series of food waste solution webinars, we learned that what native Maldive residents prioritize, impact of COVID-19 on small island resorts, and their biggest food waste problem.