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Topic : green-restaurants NYC Pizzeria Roberta’s reuses, recycles and grows its own foodFebruary 1st, 2010Related Topics: · Brooklyn, Composting, Gardens, green restaurants, growing herbs, Heritage Radio Network, Local Food, local food for restaurants, locavores, Roberta's pizzeria Eco-friendly restaurants are lowering their ‘food print’ and energy costs in many waysJanuary 29th, 2010 By Ashley Phillips Consumers are being more conscious now than ever before of their own sustainable practices. They are buying from local farmers markets, recycling, and switching to LED lights. But when a person leaves home, say to go out to eat, they could pack on the carbon calories without realizing it — especially if the restaurant they visit isn’t treading lightly on the environment. According to the Green Restaurant Association (GRA), the certification body aiming to create an environmentally sustainable restaurant industry, an average restaurant uses 300,000 gallons of water and produces 150,000 pounds of garbage a year. Even worse, the restaurant industry as a whole, which includes approximately 900,000 restaurants in the United States, is the largest consumer of electricity in the commercial sector. Related Topics: · Barr Mansion, eco-friendly restaurants, food conservation, food waste, Green Restaurant Association, green restaurants, GustOrganics, restaurant waste, restaurants that conserve energy After making french fries, grease powers kitchen lightsJanuary 9th, 2009 By John DeFore
Everyone knows that cooking oil can be used as a source of fuel, but most folks think of that as something only done by hardcore do-it-yourselfers willing to tinker forever in the garage. If Owl Power Company has its way, that image is going to change, starting in commercial kitchens across America. Related Topics: · Biofuel, cooking oil, green restaurants, Owl Power Company, Vegawatt |
