The Town alongside grassroots partners developed a Single-Use Item Reduction Strategy & Bylaw adopted in 2023. Banff aims to be a community where there are “no takeaway only businesses” which they see as a strong message to send to visitors from around the globe.

Keep Truckee Green is the Town of Truckee’s sustainability, solid waste, and resiliency program. Over the last 5 years, staff has focused on developing policies and programs to reduce waste from the source and create a zero-waste community.

The mission of Reusable San Mateo County is to champion the move away from single-use to reusable foodware through policy and on-the-ground solutions. In less than 2 years of work, they have celebrated 5 reuse victories.

Human-I-T provides equitable access to technology by providing devices, internet access, digital skills training, and tech support for communities left on the wrong side of the digital divide.

The Ecology Center created the first model reusable foodware policy that helped launch a movement and is shaping a wide range of other policies. They were also the first to bring a reuse solution to a community by introducing a reusable cup system to Berkeley.

ReThink Disposable, a program of Clean Water Action & Clean Water Fund, prevents waste before it starts by working with frontline food operators, local governments, businesses, institutions and consumers to minimize single-use disposable packaging and prioritize reusables in food service.