When I say green restaurants, I'm not referring to ones that will make you sick. What I mean is eateries that are mindful of their environmental impact when conducting the business of feeding people.
I just found this fantastic site called, "Green Table" and if you care about taking cloth bags when you shop for groceries, or avoid buying bottled water(gesh), or even compost at home....then you'll want to visit the restaurants listed on Green Table.
Who doesn't need a good excuse to eat out like taking care of the environment? And if you run a restaurant and want to know how to go green and save green bucks along with it, they can help you do that.
Check out their website at greentable[dot]net. Here's a sneak peak from their website of what it's all about:
From food courts to fine dining, family-owned independents to brand name chains, it starts with the conscious desire of a growing number of chefs and restaurateurs for clear, measurable steps to effectively reduce their operations' impact on the environment.
In completing the Green Table process, a foodservice operator can demonstrate significant, measurable results from front to back, including:
- reduced waste and more recycling
- efficient energy use and water conservation
- fewer pollutants and more eco-friendly practices
- more products and services that benefit the local economy
In a few simple steps, every Green Table member operation annually(on average)can:
- reduce water use by 120,000L
- divert more than 5 tonnes of organic waste from landfill to compost
- conserve 3,000 kWh electricity and 100gj natural gas
- reduce its greenhouse gas impacts by 10 tonnes.
Count me in!
The green table service seems really good, though it's not obvious where it delivers to, I did a search for near where I live and it said it doesn't deliver, but it would be useful if it listed the main places of delivery just to give us an idea if there's any delivery points nearby at all in any given region!
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