A ROADMAP TO RESILIENCE
and how to engage your community through sustainable business practices
Resilient Restaurants Sustainable dining program
We are collaborating with each other and with a network of organizational allies to assemble a comprehensive resource library that contains case studies, white papers, POS graphics, staff and customer training materials and whatever else we can procure that documents best practices applied in the real world and the connection between sustainable food service, social equity in our workplace and profitable operations.
improve your foodprint, footprint & cash flow
Resilient Restaurants is on a mission to significantly reduce food wastes going to landfill, capturing tens-of-thousands of pounds of organic waste from our membership each year. We will encourage washing reusables in dining service and decrease the use of plastic disposables. There’s access to compostable gloves, a patented water-saving device used when thawing frozen foods, support with your local sustainable business program and local supplier networks.
EARTH DAY SUMMIT 2021
Opening Talk
Zero Waste Food Service Packaging
Zero Waste Food & Composting
Member Farms and Gardens & Kitchen Demo
Climate Action & Local Ag for Restaurants
Water & Energy Conservation
no more FOOD WASTE
In Colorado, we have an increasing ability to develop a circular system to interconnect our local agricultural products and byproducts with the products and byproducts of our food service businesses.
RESOURCES: Colorado Composting Partners, ReFED outreach content,
Plant-based containers & COMPOSTABLE GLOVES
Compostable food service gloves are a great start to minimizing your throw-away plastic consumption. Food and drink containers are made now from plants and their role in your business should be considered.
RESOURCES: Food packaging suppliers
ZERO FOODPRINT 1% for Carbon Farming
Scientific models predict that we can remove billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere and store that carbon as healthy soil on farms and ranches. ZeroFoodprint.org employs a Table-to-Farm approach that helps the food system rapidly transition to regenerative practices. We are partners in launching their new statewide program, Restore Colorado.
water conservation
Water plays a very important role in food service and customer service. Let’s explore the back-of-house and table service best practices for significantly reducing the amount of water you pour down the drain.
RESOURCES: Boss Defrost, Tips
energy efficiency
Let’s talk about reducing your energy bill through these energy efficient actions you can implement with and without guidance from local professionals.
RESOURCES: PACE, GreenBiztracker
Plastic score dining app
PlasticScore is a crowdsourced zero packaging waste rating for restaurants. We fund plastic waste offsets for every review, and use the data to help create a world free of plastic pollution!
Visit the Website www.plasticscore.co
MAXIMIZe REUSABLES, eliminate plastics
Disposable food and beverage packaging makes up 67% of litter in commercial streets and needlessly fills up trash cans and landfills throughout our country. We just need a simple behavioral shift to sweep through our culture.
RESOURCES: Reusable Foodware Buying Guide, Case Studies, POS Graphics
dinnerware lending program
LOCAL FIRST will be managing Resilient Restaurants’ first community wide dinnerware lending program. We’ve sponsored Durango’s Eat Local Month by providing washable/reusable takeout containers for appetizers, entrees and desserts. After this event, Local First will manage the containers so other groups and events throughout the year can make use of them as well.