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Green Guide for Restaurants, Hotels & Clubs

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An ever-growing list of practical resources on how to cut the use of energy, waste, water and packaging in all areas of hospitality business.

Share what you do with your customers and the media - this is a powerful way to build a very positive reputation.

Members can also follow the growing list of Articles on Green Restaurants and Food Service



Recycling

New: Green Table is Restaurant & Catering Australia's extensive web guide to greening your restaurant and saving money.

Green Table Canada - originators of the concept and full of resources.

The UK's Sustainable Restaurant Association has created very useful Audit Lists to help you green all areas of business.

The EnergyStar Hospitality Guides are a great guide for all areas of operations and their excellent Tools & Calculators are well worth reviewing

Canadian Restaurant Recycling and Waste Reduction Guide

Canadian Recycling Guide

Washington DC Recycling Guidebook for the Hospitality Industry

New Zealand Restaurant & Cafe Guide to Recycling

US Restaurant Association's Conserve Solutions

Waste Removal

Guide to Restaurant Grease Management

Michigan Guide to Restaurant Pollution Prevention

Reducing Water Use

More than HALF the water used by a restaurant is flushed down the toilet, so increased water efficiency in the bathroom makes a lot of sense.

Fact Sheets and Examples of Cutting Water Consumption in Hotels, Clubs and Retail Businesses from Sydney Water

The Energystar Guide to Efficient Use of Water in Commercial Food Service Facilities

Queensland Guide for business on Eco-Efficient Food

Reducing Gas and Electricity Use

Mr Electricity's Guide to Saving Electricity - a ton of information in this great resource

Benchmarking 101 - how to compare (and reduce) your energy consumption compared to other businesses

Recycling cooking oil
Recycling cooking oil
Californian Guide to Increasing Energy Efficiency in Restaurants

US Restaurant Association Guide to recycling and cutting water and energy use

Energystar Guide to Energy Efficiency in Restaurants - USA

Other Resources

Green Restaurant Association

Green Lodging News for the accommodation industry

Food Service Technology Center - an excellent resource with technical advice and calculators to work out cost savings

Work out your 'carbon impact' with the calculators at Greenhouse Emissions Offset Information.


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Green Restaurants, Cafes, Bars and Clubs in Action...

Pizza Fusion - real action on the environmental front
There's a seriously impressive effort underway by US chain Pizza Fusion. Read through their 'Saving the Earth' website pages and learn more from the Organics 101 information. These people really walk the talk!

Monday, Apr 12, 2010 08:13

The Story of Bottled Water
As a restaurant, cafe or bar making money selling bottled water, how will you respond to information like this?

Monday, Mar 22, 2010 04:51
Useful Audit lists from UK's Sustainable Restaurant Association
This new organisation has started with a good website, and comprehensive Audit Lists to check your business against. As they say, the audit helps customers and other businesses understand how a restaurant is granted a sustainable award. Also very useful as green checklists wherever you are in the world.

Topics covered include a wide range of topics in Sourcing, Environment and Social Issues.

Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 04:48
Great composting effort from Danks St Depot
Nice work by the team at Sydney restaurant Danks St Depot. Keep an eye on their information page:

What's involved? Its a really simple process, but it takes a little discipline because you need to make sure that the compost doesn't get too wet or too dry, and is very easy - all of our staff have embraced (not literally) the compost bin. Using a mixture of our restaurant's and the art complex's green waste (basically, anything that comes from the ground including onion skin, coffee grounds, citrus but no meat or dairy), scrunched up newspaper, dockets, paper napkins and cardboard along with a few handfuls of hay to control moisture, we've managed to harvest enough soil to grow herbs, interesting plants such as stevia, lemon and lime verbena, lemon grass, lilly pilly and tomatoes.

Friday, Feb 26, 2010 12:48
Bakery makes a huge contribution, and shares results and information
Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses is a 108 year old family business and see:
"the environment and sustainable business growth as the primary issue for business and community into the future. We see an opportunity to not only reduce our own environmental footprint but to help create an infectious awareness in our stakeholders about how they too can help improve the world we live in. Most importantly for us though...it feels good to do the right thing and it's good for the business as well."

Great information on their Greenhouse Challenge web pages, backed up by measurable results.

Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 10:24
Solid commitment from this South Carolina restaurant
Great work from the Buccaneer Restaurant in Charleston SC. Here's what they say about their takeout packaging:
  • We use bio plus earth to-go containers, made from recycled cardboard.
  • We have no Styrofoam on the premises and never will.
  • Our to-go cups are made from cornstarch, that biodegrades in landfills in just 50 days. Our to-go cutlery is made from potato starch.

They don't just idly use the word 'sustainable', they mean it!

Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 03:40
McDonalds Energy Efficiency Education Site
It's complex, but rich in detail and very interesting - see the Energy Efficiency Site for ideas on interior, exterior and transportation.

Monday, Aug 10, 2009 06:09
NRA adds a great green resource
Wide range of information and lots of examples of restaurants taking green action on the National Restaurant Association's Conserve site.

Thursday, Aug 06, 2009 08:47
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