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Bringing your own and using eatery reusables for dining in-house, take-out, to-go, and leftovers is safe. Click here for Alameda County information on Reusable Food Ware. Reuse beats single-use on GHG emissions, water consumption, resource extraction, waste generation, litter generation, and plastic pollution (UpstreamSolutions.org). Find out why reusables beat "compostables" and "bioplastics."

Find retail & eatery locations that encourage BYO reusable cup/container and have bulk bins & refill, reusables for on-site dining, and take-out service partnerships. Plastic Free Futures; EcoRate
Discover Bay Area Reusable Foodware System & Service Providers. For a global directory: Circular Startup Index: Plastics & Packaging (Ellen MacArthur Foundation).
Search for reuse service providers: Living Landscape of Reusable Solutions Database (Reuse Landscape)
Use the Reuse for Onsite Dining Library to research resources to write policy, support your case, or guide implementation (Upstream Solutions).

Vendors

Vendor	Address	City	Destination	Disposal Method	Notes
Conscious Container	PO Box 399	Truckee	Reuse	Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee, Buyback Drop-off	Refillable glass bottle system for breweries, wineries, and beverages for consumers, producers and retailers. Producer consultation, bottle washing, bottle sales.
Dish Joy - Reuse Service	170 Quint St	San Francisco	Reuse	Pick-up for a Fee	Service that washes your food serviceware or theirs and returns it. Restaurants, caterers, hotels, cafeterias, etc.
Dispatch Goods	4045 Cabrillo St		Reuse	Pick-up for a Fee, Drop-off for a Fee	Stainless steel containers, silicone lids for restaurant food to be picked up or delivered to home/business.
Fillgood	1579A Solano Ave	Berkeley	Reuse	Free Drop-off, On-site for a Fee	Not a drop-off for empty containers. Refill store that allows BYO refillable containers from home for liquid bath, body & home products. Reusable/refillable containers for sale.
Okapi Reusables	5305 River Rd	Keizer	Reuse	Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee	Reusables business. Commercially available reusable stainless steel double-wall insulated cafe cups and boba glass cups with silicone lids. Cafes pay for number of cups borrowed & supply return bin, signage, & display. Customers choose reusable as part of order.
PWC Used Barrels	1710 Soscol Ave Ste 5	Napa	Reuse	Buyback Drop-off, Buyback Pick-up	Purhase and sell used Barrels, Tanks, and Barrel Racks for wine, beer, cider, and spirits
r.Cup	2445 South Lyndale Ave	Minneapolis	Reuse	Drop-off for a Fee	Reusable cup systems for venues and live events
Re-Up Refills	6025 College Ave	Oakland	Reuse	Drop-off for a Fee	Not a donation of jars drop-off location. Bring your empty containers to fill and refill with your pantry (fee). Including dried fruit, nuts, & seeds, oils, oats, nut butters, vinegars, baking soda & powder, rice, pasta, granola, tea, and spices.
Repurposed Materials	10220 Brighton Rd Unit 7	Henderson	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in	Commercial volume.
ReThink Disposables	350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza Suite 200	Oakland	Reuse	Free Mail-in	Informational. Calculator to see how much businesses can save by swapping out disposable packaging for reusables. Reusable Foodware Guide, research, education materials, videos, and fee-based consulting.
SPARKL Reusables			Reuse	Pick-up for a Fee, Drop-off for a Fee	Reusable Dishes, to-go ware for meals, liquids (ex. soups), etc. for grocery stores, events, cafeterias, institutions
SwagCycle	30 Cobble Hill Road	Somerville	Reuse	Mail-in for a Fee	boxes and boxes of goods with the outdated company logo
SwagCycle	30 Cobble Hill Road	Somerville	Recycle	Mail-in for a Fee	boxes and boxes of goods with the outdated company logo
Upstream Solutions	PO Box 1352	Damariscotta	Reuse	Free Mail-in	Information Locator - Use their Reuse Business Directory to find reuse in Food Service, Retail, Shipping & Packaging locally and globally. For examples, dishwashing businesses, bulk retail shopping, and meal and grocery shipping/packaging. https://upstreamsolutions.org/reuse-services-and-business-directory Use their Reuse Savings Calculator to understand costs and benefits. https://upstreamsolutions.org/reuse-savings-calculator Use the Reuse for Onsite Dining Library for resources to write a policy, support your case or guide implementation. https://upstreamsolutions.org/reuse-onsite

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