Is your business taking steps to reduce single-use plastics and other waste? We want to help you let everyone know. By participating in the Businesses for the Bay single-use plastics reduction campaign, we will provide your business with a window decal or certificate of participation. Educational table tents and posters may also be available from some campaign partners. We will also add your business to our campaign website and may share your commitment on social media.
No costs, bans, or mandatory reduction actions are required to join. By sharing a variety of actions that can be taken we hope to educate, change behavior, and move one step closer to a plastic waste-free planet - one business, one customer at a time.
Campaign Partner Perks:
Website: Your business name and location will be placed on our campaign page.
Social Media: We plan to use our reach to identify your business to our followers. Share pictures and stories using #ReduceYourUse so we can share your commitment with our social media followers.
Window Decal: We will provide you with a peel-off window decal or a certificate that states you are participating in the campaign. In some locations, we may also provide you with literature, such as table tents and posters, to answer questions for your customers.
Local Media: Articles and press releases about the campaign participants may be completed as time and availability allow.
Interested in reducing single-use plastics and waste at your business but you need some ideas? Consider these alternatives:
Plastic Drinking Straws: paper, bamboo, glass, silicone, metal or cornstarch/grain options
Plastic Take-Out Containers: paper or cardboard options, encourage customers to bring their own container
Plastic Cutlery: reusable, eco-friendly bamboo flatware, edible cutlery
Plastic Bags: reusable cloth bags, reusable bags made from recycled materials
Paper: print double-sided or eliminate printing altogether by switching to digital for mail, receipts, bills, etc.
Electronics and Furniture: donate or repair gently used items before discarding
These participating businesses have taken steps to reduce the effect of single-use plastics on the environment.
