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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).
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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.
982 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States
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Things have gone wonderfully and we can’t be happier to be part of the initiative.
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Emily Plunkett
Emily has been the Office Manager in Ann Arbor MI since July 2023. Before Clean Water Action, she received her Master's degree in chemistry with a focus on analytical methods and materials science research. She has also volunteered with the Virginia Scientist-Community Interface, co-authoring various public comments and technical papers.
Emily has a passion for plants and trees, and an even stronger passion for her cat Sharkey.
Emma Weis
Emma joined Clean Water Action as an Intern in the fall of 2023 before transitioning to a full-time role as the Climate Justice Organizer in the Boston Office in the winter of 2024. Emma graduated from Connecticut College in May of 2023 and earned a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Social Justice and Sustainability. Before moving to Boston, Emma was an intern with the Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs while living in New London, CT and worked to ensure a just transition to a renewable energy economy. This work included drafting press releases and other campaign
Omesa Mokaya
Omesa has a fervent passion for environmental and climate justice and equity. He is deeply committed to addressing issues that bedevil EJ and underserved communities at the frontlines of climate change. Omesa grew up in the Kisii highlands in Western Kenya where he witnessed firsthand the devastating impacts of climate change and made it a personal mission to help communities adapt to and enhance their resilience towards those impacts.
Omesa currently lives in Worcester, Massachusetts where he moved to in 2021 when he joined Graduate School at Clark University. While at Clark, he founded The