Certified Green Restaurant at Longwood Gardens (Kennet Sq, PA.)
Longwood Garden’s casual dining spot, the Terrace, has achieved “Certified Green Restaurant® [from] … the Green Restaurant Association (GRA)”
I recently had dinner there (it had been a ling time since I had been there) and noticed that they replaced the china type pales and bowls with plastic and compostable tablewear.
My first reaction was “more junk for the landfill”. I then noticed that the table busing area had containers for:
- recyclables (plastics marked #1 or #2)
- compostables (foods)
- trash (all the rest)
The Green Restaurant Association’s mission “ … creating an ecologically sustainable restaurant industry, and … to make the process as simple and effective as possible. “
Certification includes meeting certain criteria areas including … Water Efficiency, Waste Reduction and Recycling, and Sustainable Furnishings (and more).
Via: Longwood Gardens LINK and Green Restaurant Association LINK