Did you know that your business could be paying more than you need to for food waste disposal? As well as causing you unnecessary expense, this could also be bad news for the planet.
Food for thought
Do you currently dispose of food waste in your general waste bins? Whilst this may seem like the easy solution - after all, busy staff members may struggle to find the time for separating waste into different containers - this approach will have a negative impact on your finances. General waste is the most expensive type to dispose of (as well as the least sustainable), so you should be aiming to minimise your volumes of this waste stream. Yet food waste - ranging from prep waste such as peelings, to plate scrapings - weighs heavily, and can therefore cause your general waste bin weights to creep upwards. When food waste can already represent a cost to your business in terms of uneaten portions (according to WRAP, over 17% of the food purchased by the hospitality sector is wasted), don't let it cost you more when it comes to disposal, as overweight bins can incur a charge.
Your business could save money through separate collections
Do you currently dispose of food waste in your general waste bins? Whilst this may seem like the easy solution - after all, busy staff members may struggle to find the time for separating waste into different containers - this approach will have a negative impact on your finances. General waste is the most expensive type to dispose of (as well as the least sustainable), so you should be aiming to minimise your volumes of this waste stream. Yet food waste - ranging from prep waste such as peelings, to plate scrapings - weighs heavily, and can therefore cause your general waste bin weights to creep upwards. When food waste can already represent a cost to your business in terms of uneaten portions (according to WRAP, over 17% of the food purchased by the hospitality sector is wasted), don't let it cost you more when it comes to disposal, as overweight bins can incur a charge.
Our waste experts will perform a waste audit at your site, to assess your needs in terms of space and waste volumes. This will enable us to determine the size of containers you require and how many, as well as how often they need to be collected. This ensures that you will only be paying for the service that you need, with no unnecessary collections or charges. The service that we implement will be structured to fit in seamlessly with your business's operations, in terms of where containers are positioned and when they are collected, with complete transparency across all areas of our partnership.
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