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Food waste is mostly considered inevitable in the restaurant industry, but that’s no longer the case in Austin, Texas. Starting today, the City Of Austin

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requires restaurants to donate or compost all organic material, which includes everything from dirty paper towels to leftover meals.

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KTXS reports it’s part of Austin’s Universal Recycling Ordinance, which goes into effect October 1. The aims to reach “zero waste” by 2020.

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The ordinance also requires grocery stores, bars, and farmer’s markets to comply with the same no-landfill policy;

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KVUE reports 85 percent of Austin’s trash and recycling comes from commercial, multi-family, and food-service properties. The city gradually phased in these “organic diversion requirements,” but Oct. 1, 2018, is the day by which all businesses must comply.

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The ordinance requires signs, employee training, as well as annual reporting from each food-service business that states they are in compliance.

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