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Taking a bite out of food waste The Christmas hospitality season is just around the corner and while some businesses will choose to celebrate in style at hotels and restaurants, others may be happier with an office ‘Secret Santa’ and a few sausage rolls. Whichever they choose, the issue of food waste is too important to be wrapped up and thrown away like used wrapping paper. Cleaning companies have a role to play in helping identify best routes for disposal, as Stephen Hill from Grundon Waste Management explains. Every year, thousands of tonnes of unwanted food are thrown away and during the festive season excess often becomes the norm. Over-catering for parties, all those extra roast potatoes and hard-boiled Brussels sprouts, plus heavyweight portions of Christmas puddings take their toll on the environment as well as waistlines.
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As an expert in food waste management, Grundon works hard to help customers look at new and different ways to dispose of unwanted food in a greener fashion. And, by working in partnership with cleaning and facilities management companies, it can also help to drive down waste management costs.
There are many benefits that can be achieved by introducing a dedicated food waste collection service and these include: n Installation of specially-designed under-the-counter 120 litre food waste bins for food preparation areas, such as in-house catering facilities and in the hospitality sector. n Ability to more closely monitor the amount of food waste and help with better stock and portion control and management. n The achievement of financial savings as, by removing heavy food waste from general waste, it can reduce the cost of collection and disposal. n Collection of segregated food waste by specialist food waste vehicles and delivery to anaerobic digestion facilities, where the waste generates green energy and bio-fertiliser. Grundon works with many food establishments, from large hotels and conference venues to village pubs, helping them to manage their food waste and providing tips and advice for managers and employees to help them WWW.CLEANINGMAG.COM