White Castle composts food, paper waste Company launches pilot program at six Ohio restaurants
- March 12, 2013
- By Kerri Jansen
Fast food chain White Castle has launched a pilot composting program at six of its Ohio restaurants.
Discarded food and paper from the six locations near Columbus, Ohio, have been composted by an Ohio company since December, The Columbus Dispatch reported. The resulting product is used in landscaping on White Castle property and is available for the public to purchase.
If the six-month trial is successful, White Castle will consider rolling out the program to additional restaurants, the article indicates.
"[It] took a little bit of getting used to at first, getting everything in the right bucket, but now it's really smooth and it's not much extra work for the staff," Chris Shaffery, regional director, told the news agency. "We compost hamburger boxes, towels, coffee filters and grounds, all food products, anything you can eat."
White Castle has previously implemented other "green" measures, such as switching to recycled paper bags.
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