Im not really a data pro, what would have been a better type of graph?

I hate how many gloves we go through, I actually tell the staff to just wash their hands often. Whats the point of a glove if its dirty and your still touching food?

Glass isn't always the solution, for one its a lot heavier than plastic so there are added carbon costs of moving glass. Also only about 35% of glass is recycled in the US.

Looking into into making our own ketchup and serving that way.

Will probably start pickling cucumbers, not only do they come in these buckets that get used once or twice then tossed but also come with their pickling brine which adds a lot of water weight.

Pickle spears come in 5 gallon buckets which are about 2.5 pounds each. We order around 3 every week so that's where that high number comes from. We usually save the buckets and give them out to the construction guys, but they only get one or two uses out of them because they keep coming back for more.

We go through 2040 creamers a week. Each empty package is 1.2 grams so a total of 2448g converts to 5.39 lbs.

We order 5-6 cases of creamer a week.

Made using https://sankeymatic.com/build/ and all the info comes from a 90 day sample of invoices from Sysco and US Foods.

Post from yesterday got some traction so I decided to do an in-depth breakdown of the plastic waste.

Hoping to use this as a pathway to start eliminating plastic use at our establishment!

I hope this doesn't garner any pickle hate, they come in 5-gallon buckets which we save and give out to customers that are in construction. But I imagine they don't last very long since they keep coming back for them.

Also what is missing from this is all the plastic packaging around meat products we receive. For example, a 40-pound case of chicken comes in four 10-lb vacuum-sealed bags. Didn't really want to deal with that

We are in the US. Our carryout containers are made out of polystyrene. There are alternatives but they are just made out of PP and there are some fibrous alternatives but they tend to be 3x the price while being an inferior quality. If it were up to me I'd switch but running the place with my elder brother so there is more that one person involved when making decisions :(

Our take-out containers are styrofoam

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Seran wrap

You're right latex gloves are not plastic, the metal comes from aerosol (like whipped cream) and 10# cans which weigh a little over a half pound each. In a busy restaurant they add up.

Yea there is obviously food and paper waste but I was more interested in graphing wasteful packaging.

Mostly 10# cans and aerosol cans like whipped cream

They are the different kind of plastic that is commonly manufactured eg PETE being polyethylene terephthalate and labeled with a 1 in the recycling triangle, your 2 liter soda and clear juice bottles are usually PETE

Graph made using Sankeymatic https://sankeymatic.com/build/ and Data from US Foods and Sysco Invoice Statements