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June 27, 2022
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Trash Talk

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9
Episode 9 is all about a cutting-edge idea that’s fast becoming mainstream in kitchens around the world: running a restaurant with zero-waste.
Podcast
June 27, 2022
Episode
9

Could you run your restaurant without a bin?

That was the question that an environmental activist asked chef Douglas McMaster back in 2011 — and he's been trying to answer it ever since.

Today, he's the chef-patron at restaurant Silo — the world's first zero-waste restaurant.

Located in London, Silo was born out of a desire to create a sustainable restaurant that serves food made from scratch, using produce sourced from ethical growers — without generating any waste. 

Silo is now a big source of inspiration to many other restaurateurs — including Lara Espirito Santo, who launched Lisbon's first zero-waste restaurant, SEM, with her partner George McLeod in 2021.

Episode 9 is all about a cutting-edge idea that’s fast becoming mainstream in kitchens around the world. 

To understand why, we enjoyed a little trash-talking with both Douglas and Lara — and found out what running a zero-waste restaurant involves, why it could boost not just your creativity but your profit margin, and what kind of waste every single restaurant could easily stop producing right now.

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