Leave more than 15% next time you visit your favorite restaurant
Suggest to local eateries that they go green with their food and supplies (and in some cases it can even cut costs).
For example, lowering energy use (such as installing efficient lighting) can make a big dent; restaurants consume more electricity than any other retail outlets...switching just one incandescent lightbulb to an energy-saving CFL can save $20-plus per year.
Higher-quality, organic ingredients can only mean good things for your palate.
A few things you can suggest (on a comment card or just by asking ):
- Recycling.
- Serving water only when people ask for some.
- Using local, organic ingredients where possible.
- Stocking biodegradable takeout utensils and containers.
- Opting for green cleaning products.
- Installing motion detectors in bathrooms so lights don't stay on 24-7.
- Offering waste cooking oil to local biodiesel drivers.
