West Hawaii Today

Takeaway, not throwaway: Eateries would serve take-out meals in reusable food containers under new program

Hilo restaurants could start serving food in stainless steel bowls and bento boxes next year. The project was funded in 2023 through a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Local and Green: It’s time for reusable take-out containers

At this time, UMass Amherst has not adopted a reusable takeout system and instead encourages students to dine in rather than take food out. It also composts the compostable take-out containers that ...
Civil Eats

Restaurants Create a Mound of Plastic Waste. Some Are Working to Fix That.

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. This ...

How Often Should You Replace Your Food Storage Containers?

Five things to consider when it comes to reusing or replacing food storage containers. Experts share their best tips.
WUSA

First reusable takeout container service launches in DC

Every year, billions of pounds of single-use plastics end up in landfills and some of these plastics can take centuries to decompose. But thanks to a new grant through DC's Department of Energy -- the ...
MLive

Reusable takeout containers coming to downtown Kalamazoo restaurants

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The city is partnering with downtown businesses and a company called Forever Ware to offer customers reusable steel containers as an alternative to single-use plastic or Styrofoam, ...
The Providence Journal

If you hate throwing away those food to-go boxes, this RI company is trying to make the solution

SMITHFIELD − At colleges, hospitals, military installations, resorts and big business campuses, there is one giant source of waste: Single-use food-to-go containers, usually made of plastic. Across 49 ...
WESA

University of Pittsburgh USEFULL take-out containers replacing single-use options to cut waste

USEFULL to-go food container return stations are located throughout Pitt's campus to collect stainless steel containers that are replacing single-use plastic containers. The higher education market is ...
The Revelator

Reducing Plastic Waste: Three Ways to Replace Disposable with Reusable

By focusing on reusable products, some organizations are helping to break our addiction to single-use plastic.
WWLP-22News

These Massachusetts restaurants launch reusable takeout container program

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – April is Earth Month and Clean Water Action launched a new program on Thursday. Some area restaurants are taking part in Clean Water’s ReThink Disposable campaign. La ...
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University of Hawaii at Manoa dining facilities introduce reusable takeout containers

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - University of Hawaii at Manoa dining facilities introduce reusable takeout containers Taelor Ferrer is a sophomore and lives in student housing. Like most students, she ...