Reconomy

2023 plastic ban: how can hospitality businesses prepare?

The subject of plastic pollution has become a hot topic over the last five years in the wake of David Attenborough’s Blue Planet BBC series. The hospitality industry is a significant contributor to this problem, and with predictions that there will be as much plastic pollution as fish in our…

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Managing waste in the hospitality industry

With more than 127, 000 hospitality employing more than 3.2 million people, it should come as no surprise that the UK’s hospitality industry is one of the largest.  Approximately 10% of the country’s workforce is employed within hospitality, the third largest private sector employer, which also provides five % of…

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Food waste in the hospitality sector

Barely a day goes by where the plight of our planet isn’t in the news. Plastic is suffocating the sea, rubbish is piling up on the land – slowly, we’re making improvements, but how far do these improvements currently stretch? In particular, food waste is being spotlighted as a problematic…

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What is the hospitality sector doing to deal with waste?

There has been a rising awareness in the amount of food that is wasted across the world, and most customers are unhappy to see such behaviour. With the responsibility of reducing food waste spotlighted on the hospitality sector in particular, it’s crucial that hotels and restaurants manage their food waste…

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How much waste is produced in the UK?

Waste management is of high importance when it comes to operating a business. Sometimes, it is something that eager entrepreneurs don’t consider when they’re setting up their own company. A lot of businesses have a key focus on making profits and reducing the amount of money going out. One way…

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