Case Studies and Resources

Waste in the foodservice industry isn’t all that surprising.  What is surprising is the amount of waste that a single restaurant can produce in a year – 150,000 pounds.  The average food waste for a restaurant is between 3.11% and 9.55%, this comes to 4,665 – 14,325 pounds of food waste per year, per location.  That is a LOT of waste, and a lot of money thrown in the trash.

Sounds like a pretty novel concept, but it’s more likely than you know.  Researchers have been working on ways to reduce and eliminate food waste for years.  It seems like they are really onto something.

Are You Paying WAY Too Much Per Month for Trash And Recycling?

• Do you know how much your business pays for trash monthly? If so, do you know whether or not you pay too much?
• Do you handle your company's waste disposal? If so, do you know whether or not you have the proper service set up at each of your locations?
• Do you handle garbage and recycling compliance and regulations issues for your locations? If so, are you fully up to code? Do you know how much money in fees you've paid out this past year?

JUNE 14, 2016. Bill Moore of Moore & Associates and Peter Engel of Kessler Consulting announce the release of the white paper entitled: “Demystifying MSW Recycling Rates” that sheds light on “real” recovery rates of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the United States.

As a property, restaurant or retail manager, you are always seeking ways to increase efficiencies, streamline operations and reduce costs. You probably think of the garbage dumpster on your property simply as a waste removal solution, but did you know that having the correct size dumpster for your business is important to your bottom line?   Consider the following Q & A when it comes to selecting a dumpster for your business:

The global waste paper management market is projected to be valued at around USD 43.35 Billion by 2020, and to grow at a CAGR of 2.55% from 2015 to 2020.

The global market for waste paper management has been growing proportionally with the increasing environmental concerns among people and enforcement of stringent environmental laws & regulations.

By: Marjorie Desriaux

Myth takes – “Private bin collections would be cheaper”

You surprisingly often find newspaper stories bashing council waste collections and suggesting that it would be better, and perhaps even cheaper, for households to sort out their own waste collections privately. Having looked at what it costs councils to do the work, and some international comparisons, I'm confident that if there was competition in the market, householders would pay more, and unless the market was well regulated might end up recycling less. A monopoly, public interest provider is simply in the best place to deliver the most efficient collection rounds thanks to the really high collection density it gives them - whether they do so through their own staff, or a private contractor.

Have you seen this argument put forward? Do you think there are other good reasons, around freedom of choice or quality of service that might make it reasonable for people to want to pay extra for waste collections? Do you agree that buying in your bin service privately would be more expensive - or perhaps you might have experiences to share from countries such as Ireland that already have a private system in place. Interested to hear your thoughts.

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