Cedar Manor is an award-winning boutique Victorian hotel in the Lake District National Park. The hotel offers an ever popular traditional Lakeland afternoon tea, which is open to non-residents, alongside serviced rooms.
The current owners have built the business as sustainably as possible. From EV charging to plastic free/re-usable products. They continue to value sustainability and roll out this approach across every element of the business, which can be challenging in a Victorian property.
Cedar Manor had worked with a local university previously to reduce waste from their menu’s by introducing pre-ordering to their breakfast menu and offering a set menu for their afternoon teas. Their work with the Guardians of Grub Scheme focused on reducing their Prep waste.
We have worked really hard over the years to make our business more sustainable, and we weren’t sure how to take the next steps on our journey. The Guardians of Grub scheme showed us that there is still room for improvement and even the little things can have an impact.
The amount of waste produced encouraged the site to look again at separate waste disposal for food waste to be collected from site and used as a bio fuel or for Aerobic digestion.
The Hotel plans to keep monitoring food waste periodically to help identify other potential areas for improvement.
