Success Story:
Café
Latte Recycles Organics and Saves Money
It
is no secret that local Saint Paul restaurant, Café Latte, is well known for its
quality dining experience and even better desserts. It was also no surprise to
Ramsey County when owners, Peter and Linda Quinn, reached out to implement a
recycling program in their restaurant. Peter and Linda worked with Minnesota
Waste Wise Foundation and Ramsey County to develop a program that fit their
individual needs. The result: a new organics program diverting 200,000 pounds
of waste from the trash and saving Café Latte nearly $1,200 a year. To learn
more about recycling at work, visit BizRecycling.com.
News You Can Use:
Food Safety at Community Events
Do you prepare and serve food for your community at special
events such as sports games, bake sales, church or religious functions, or
other types of gatherings? What can you do to ensure food safety?
- Wash your hands. Use disposable gloves. Change
them when you handle anything other than food, or when you switch from raw food
to ready-to-eat food.
- Keep hot food hot (at least 140 degrees F) and
keep cold food cold, (40 degrees F or lower).
- After cleaning surfaces, use a sanitizer. One
tablespoon of bleach to one gallon of water is an inexpensive method to use for
sanitizing. After sanitizing, let surfaces air dry.
For clarification on the above or to request a Food Safety
presentation for your group, contact Lisa Marshall at
lisa.marshall@co.ramsey.mn.us
Save the Food
Did
you know that 20% of the food we each buy never gets eaten? We can do something
about this! Ramsey County is teaming up
with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Ad Council to promote their
Save the Food Campaign. Watch for advertisements in local papers and on
billboards this spring. Learn more at SaveTheFood.com.
Managing Fluorescents Lights
Energy-saving
fluorescent lights are good for the environment and your wallet, but when they
burn out, don’t toss them in the trash. They contain a small amount of mercury. Instead, bring them to a Ramsey County household hazardous waste
collection site for free. Some retailers also accept fluorescent
lights for recycling. Learn more at RamseyRecycles.com/AtoZ.
Did you know?
Working
with Cities on SCORE Reporting
It’s reporting time once
again! The SCORE report is an annual
evaluation of Minnesota’s recycling, reduction and waste management programs.
Each city is responsible for reporting to their county, and the counties are
responsible for reporting to the State. We pull together data on what materials
were collected for recycling, how many tons of each material was collected, and
whether they were collected at residential properties, businesses or at
clean-up events. We also report on source reduction efforts both in the
community and within county operations. Information and copies of previous SCORE reports are available online.
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