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Emil’s Burger & Breakfast
Located in Fruitvale Village, Emil’s Burger & Breakfast prides itself on the freshest ingredients, hand-selected by the owner daily and cooked fresh to order. They had been serving their customers on disposable paper and plastics. Now, people are noshing on their delicious burgers with reusable foodware and enjoying an elevated dining experience.
Five local Fruitvale restaurants — Emil’s Burger & Breakfast, Hogar Latino Panaderia Y Restaurant, La Torta Loca, Parra’s, and Powderface — teamed up to reduce single-use disposable waste by over 187,600 individual pieces and over 3,240 pounds annually. After an average payback period of 2.74 months, this group of restaurants will collectively be saving over $10,000 every year by purchasing fewer disposables — dramatically reducing plastic pollution in their operations, and providing real-time examples of businesses that are both eco-friendly and economical in the Fruitvale community. Read the full Fruitvale Community Restaurants Case Study here.
Packaging practices prior to ReThink Disposable:
Dine-in disposable foodware items included:
- 34 oz. Plastic bowls
- 7.75 In. Plastic straws
- 2 oz. Plastic sauce cups
- 20 oz. Paper cold cups
- 12 oz. plastic deli bowls
- 8 oz. Plastic deli bowl
- Small paper food boats
- Large paper food boats
Recommendations Implemented:
- 34 oz. Tempered glass bowls
- 8.5’’ Stainless steel straws
- 2 oz. Stainless steel sauce cups
- 22 oz. SAN reusable drink cups
- 16 oz. Stoneware bowls
- 8 oz. Porcelain bowls
- Porcelain plates
Before & After
Document
CS_Fruitvale_09.26.24.pdf
(4.41 MB)
Business Information:
Fruitvale Village
3301 E 12th St, #121
Oakland, CA 94601
United States
The Bottom Line
Emil’s Burger & Breakfast switched 100% of their dine-in disposables to reusable for their on-site guests, with a 2.6 month payback period.
$2,433
net annual savings
34,380
disposable items reduced per year
702 lbs
annual waste reduction
Thank you so much. We love everything. We have already started using everything, and it is all so nice. So much better than what we were using!
Reducing Single-Use Food Packaging
ReThink Disposable works with local governments, businesses and institutions, and consumers of single use food packaging to inspire a cultural shift away from single-use "throwaway" lifestyle.
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The Warfield
The Warfield, originally built in the 1920s, was a vaudeville and movie palace and became a 2,250-person capacity concert hall in 1979 when Bill Graham Presents booked a run of shows with Bob Dylan. The Warfield made the switch from single-use plastic and paper cups to exclusively using reusable r.Cups, available in various sizes (5, 9, 12, 16, and 24-ounce sizes).
Business Profile:
During a 6-month service period with r.Cup, spanning from May to October, The Warfield incurred a cost of $25,800 for r.Cup services. To offset this cost, The Warfield implemented a 3 percent sustainability fee for each drink sold in an r.Cup, resulting in revenue of more than $30,000 since the launch of r.Cup in May 2023. This revenue has the potential to turn r.Cup into a profit center for any venue.
Taking into account r.Cup services, income from the sustainability fee, and elimination of purchasing single-use disposable cups, The Warfield anticipates annual net-earnings of more than $33,000 that will go towards sustaining the reusable cup service into the future.
Read more about The Warfield in San Francisco Music Venues Raise the Bar for Sustainability: Case study on a reusable cup pilot at three San Francisco venues.
Before & After
Document
Business Information:
982 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States
The Bottom Line
204,800
Single-Use Cups Eliminated Annually
93%
Return Rate
12,700
Pounds Of Refuse Diverted Annually
Things have gone wonderfully and we can’t be happier to be part of the initiative.
Reducing Single-Use Food Packaging
ReThink Disposable works with local governments, businesses and institutions, and consumers of single use food packaging to inspire a cultural shift away from single-use "throwaway" lifestyle.