Are you ready to change your way of life

Did you know that individuals often live their lives without fully realizing the impact they're making on others? Earth is a giant, fragile ecosystem, and as humans pollute, we are slowly destroying it. For many people, this pollution includes their personal waste. While restaurants could always be greener by purchasing reusable alternatives like takeout containers or chopsticks with lids, the large amounts of garbage generated from these simple practices would still amount to an enormous impact across our planet.

Inevitably there will come a time when our pollution levels have been high enough for us to finally realize what we've done and make a change. I guess this is one of those moments and it's coming sooner than we may realize. There are a few individuals who will be at the forefront of this change, but if we all work together, our message will be loud and clear: "Takeout is not OK!"

We have come to a point in history where the majority of effects from our actions reach us long after they have already happened. As a species, we are incredibly ignorant of the world around us. We know more about space and outer galaxies than we do about what happens next door or near us. We haven't learned from our past mistakes. We need to start making a change today.

In the United States alone, restaurants serve around 50 billion meals per year. That's a lot of waste! No wonder people are eager to adopt zero-waste policies, which is a fancy term for reducing food waste as much as possible and reusing leftovers instead of throwing them away. Some restaurants are doing this already, but there is always room for improvement.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/04/05/are-you-ready-to-change-your-way-life.html

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Media: Why Your Restaurant Food Is Taking So Long to Arrive

By Kate Taylor on April 4, 2017, 11:16 am EST The following article is from partners at The Wirecutter, a list of the best technology to buy. If you click through and buy something we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work. We don't accept sponsored content from brands unless it's truly valuable to our readers, which is why we've decided against running ads from other restaurant marketing services. We believe that this independent content will provide a better experience for our readers than ads—and that's why we're grateful for your support. This article was originally published on The Wirecutter . Let's face it, waiting for a meal to arrive at a restaurant can be frustrating. Some fast food places have made speed their top priority, going as far as installing self-tracking kiosks to prevent orders from being messed up . But even though it's nearly impossible to mess up an order at a drive-thru, wait times are still notoriously long. Restaurants spend massive amounts of money on tools to eliminate these delays and shorten the time your food takes to reach your table. For example, you may be waiting for an order placed through the use of a digital kiosk. This is an option available at many fast food chains that replaces the line with a touch screen where you can quickly place your order without any interruption. It's supposed to be faster than placing your order through a human being and often is, but is it really? Let's take a look at why your food can take so long to reach you.

Digital Kiosks In most fast food restaurants, you can place your order at a kiosk and then wait for someone else to bring it out to you. There are benefits—for instance, digital ordering eliminates the need for cashiers, meaning that there will be fewer people working the counter when a digital kiosk is in use. Unfortunately, digital ordering doesn't always work as well as it should. Executives at fast food restaurants, for example, have admitted that if you call ahead and a manager doesn't set up their kiosk properly, you could be waiting hours for a delivery in some cases.

Read more: http://www.thewire.com/food/2017/04/why-your-restaurant-food-is-taking-so-long-to-arrive/45996/#ixzz4mmEbF3qw

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New York, NY - The year is 2025. You’ve just come home from work and, in an attempt to be green, you decide to order a pizza for dinner. But when you open the box and slide out your pie, you notice that something seems off… the cheese has a purple hue to it that makes it look more like brie than mozzarella. And the crust appears squishy and soft—not hard and crispy like it should be. What’s more, there’s no pepperoni topping—just a blanket of shiitake mushrooms instead. Strangely enough though, this pizza tastes pretty good.

Though the scenario seems far-fetched, it’s not entirely out of the realm of possibility. In fact, a recent study from researchers at Yale University and New York University posits that the humble pepperoni slice may be extinct in just over 11 years’ time—and that when it does become extinct, its replacement will be a vegetable-based pie.

It may seem hard to believe right now, but keep in mind that back in 2007 we were all ordering burgers made with “crinkly fries.” The same year, we all ate McRib sandwiches.

And then there was the time that pub grub turned into a more “cleaner” choice—when we all bought hush puppies for our burgers instead of those gross onion rings that used to come with them.

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Conclusion: How Can Health Conscious Restaurants Reduce Waste?

The world is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of reducing waste, not just at home, but in our everyday lives. Recent studies have demonstrated that food waste is a major environmental concern, and it’s costing us a lot more than we think (with our wallets and the environment both in mind). Here are some ways that restaurants can help to reduce their contribution to this problem:

Sell meals made from seasonal or local ingredients : Society has become used to seeing tomatoes on their pizzas all year round, even though they’re only in season for a few months each year.