Identifies Success Factors to Increase Capture of Food Scraps and Packaging in Front of House composting programs

The Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI), and several partners, have released the CompostAble Chicago Study report, which evaluated how the operating conditions within venues that are utilizing compostable foodservice items are expected to contribute to success for consumer-facing, front of house (FOH) composting programs.

The study evaluated four foodservice venues in the Chicago area — a full-service restaurant, a museum quick-serve café, a school cafeteria and a university quick-serve café — collecting data on both venue operating conditions and waste streams.

Chicago-based Bright Beat researched and secured involvement of the four venues that would participate in the study. RRS designed the venue evaluation framework and the waste characterization methodology, and also led the waste sorts that quantified components of all waste streams including the …

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