Email: Virginia Green
Rockafeller's
 | 308 Mediterranean Avenue |
Virginia Beach’s most popular seafood restaurants on Rudee Inlet, and they are doing their part to protect all of Virginia’s natural resources by participating in the Virginia Green Restaurants program. By their participation, Rockafeller’s offers people the choice of eating at an establishment that is minimizing its environmental impacts as well as leading the way for other establishments to follow suit. While there, they can also feel good knowing that by supporting Rockafeller’s they are also supporting recycling, grease recycling, water efficiency and energy conservation – even to go boxes and plastic cups have gone green at Rockafeller’s. Rockafellers Restaurant is committed to environmental excellence and works to minimize environmental impacts whenever possible.
Core activities for restaurants:
- Recycling
- Elimination of Styrofoam and Reduction Disposables
- Grease Recycling
- Water Efficiency
- Energy Conservation
Details:
- Recycle grease, office paper, toner cartridges, newspaper, cardboard, and packing supplies
- Track overall waste bills
- Donate excess food from events
- Effective food inventory control to minimize waste
- Filtering grease rather that recycling, use “filt-a-fry” service to reduce grease usage
- Disposable containers of bio-based materials, recycled content or compostable
- Recycled content paper towels and toilet paper
- Screen-based ordering systems
- Encourage suppliers to minimize packaging and other waste materials
- Extensive use of electronic correspondence and forms, 2-sided copying/printing
- Purchase of durable equipment and furniture
- Use of latex paint
- Preventative maintenance on all equipment
- Last-in/first-out inventory
- Use least toxic materials
- Track overall water usage and wastewater
- Preventative maintenance of drips and leaks
- Water-flow metering to detect leaks and areas of high use
- High efficiency dishwashers
- Use dry clean up methods over water-based methods and micro fiber mops
- Low flow toilets and restrictors on faucets and showerheads
- Effective landscape management plan
- Track overall energy bills
- Purchase EnergyStar computers, appliances, etc.
- High Efficiency Heating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and use ceiling fans
- Scheduled preventative maintenance on HVAC
- Thermal-rated windows and/or tinting
- Additional insulation
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