Serious Recycling

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and their caterer Sodexo, are serious about recycling with notices on every outside table plus the appropriate bins.

Outside Seating & Walls

Wood wall at The Pig in the New Forest

Plastic north of King's Cross Station

Wood at The Espresso Room on Great Ormond Street

Tables made from recycled shampoo bottles at the Real Food Cafe, Tyndrum

Crystal Cafe

Sodexo Prestige operate the cafe in The Crystal http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/about/about.html - a stunning new sustainable conference centre and exhibition building in East London.  Check out the adjacent Emirates Air Line cable car across the Thames which links the Crystal to the O2 arena.

Packaging and display is well thought through

Clear recycing messages

I Am Not A Plastic Cup

As we recycle more and more at home the pressure is on us caterers.  Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is ahead of the game with its free water cups.  Customers want to see sustainability in action.

Coffee Recycling

Notcutts garden centres tell the story of their coffee grounds being mixed with sheep wool and then sold as a fertiliser.  See more at Greencup Coffee.

Story of a Seat

Story is selling their seats - sturdy industrial packing cases - at £17 a time.  Let no one say design trends are expensive. To be found on Redchurch Street just by the Albion Caff and re-located from Brick Lane because the area was too much hassle, Story is a real one-off:

• No bookings
• Cash only
• Open every day including Christmas 12.00 to 22.30
• 100% organic ingredients
• £15 pizzas
• http://storydeli.com/
• Great seats

I also liked their business card on recycled scraps of cardboard - so much better than the neat corporate effort alongside it.

Students Care

University of Surrey campus recycling bin with five sections.  How much do you recycle?

Saving the Planet

Wholefoods have long been championing recycling with their multi-shaped clearing stations.  Most of us recycle at home.  What are you doing to save the planet ....... and reduce your rubbish collection charges?

POD - one to watch

Nine City of London locations, growing fast and voted Independant Retailer of the Year 2010-11.
http://www.podfood.co.uk/index.php

Their tag line is: Fresh, seasonal, healthy food in compostable packaging.  You can't argue with that.  Lots of green/sustainable/simple ideas:

How they fit out the place











Recycling station















Good to Great Cafes - chris.brown@turpinsmale.co.uk