What are we wasting for? Improving waste management in food courts

• As food courts become increasingly popular, shopping centres are making improvements to their waste collection and processing to create a better environment for visitors and the people who service them.
• This has several benefits: it leads to more waste being recycled, less waste being sent to landfill, lower transport-related emissions and efficiency gains.
• Shopping centres such as Manauara Shopping and Shopping Campo Limpo are implementing novel ways of composting their food waste, which reduces their waste footprint even further while allowing them to boost their reputation.

Across Sonae Sierra’s portfolio, shopping centres have identified the most effective improvements to waste management in their food courts. These are mostly focused on: