Here are a few things we're doing at Baker Street Burgers to be more sustainable:

• We use carryout containers made of cardboard rather than expanded polystyrene (like Styrofoam™) or plastic.

• We have changed as many of our packaged beer, soda and water to aluminum cans from plastic or glass.

• We compost every week with Nettle, to keep food waste out of the landfill where it can produce methane.

• We recycle all plastic, paper, glass, aluminum and cardboard.

• We use straws that are biodegradable and are made from the leftover agave fibers from tequila production.

• We recently changed our dishwasher to one that uses less water per cycle.

• We use programmable thermostats with schedules that reduce energy usage when we don't have people in the restaurant.

• We purchase the eggs we use from local, family-owned farms rather than factory farms. Surprisingly, we go through a lot of eggs!

• We think we have the best burgers in Rockford, but we also have proteins with lower carbon intensities like chicken, Impossible Burger™, and bean burger.

• We’re always innovating, so check out the current menu here. We’re very interested in becoming carbon neutral. That is still a work in progress.