Now more than ever, the hospitality industry has more choice when it comes to eco-friendly food and takeaway packaging. It’s time to get to grips with becoming eco-friendlier, and reducing your carbon footprint. Australians are getting the hang of bringing their own cup for their morning latte, and remembering their bag for the grocery shopping; but is the hospitality industry doing enough to reuse, recycle, and deliver a compostable option on packaging? In a bold move, the Australian Government will ensure that all packaging will be re-usable or recyclable into other purposes by 2025. That means 100% of Australia’s packaging will be compostable, recyclable or reusable. Yes 100%. Great news for the environment, but how will this impact the hospitality sector and will we be able to deliver on this? “There is no question that we are going to have to recycle more. We are going to have to look very carefully at how much plastic waste that we can avoid creating in the first place.” Malcom Turnbull Take action! It’s important that the hospitality industry takes action. It’s our responsibility to research the eco-friendliest way to ensure the quality of our product and keep customers happy. Eco-friendly packaging is … Continue reading Sustainability matters in hospitality