ReThink Disposable Participating Business Testimonials
We're working with businesses throughout California to help them reduce disposable products, reduce waste, and save money. Watch the videos and read our case studies below to find out more. And it's not just small businesses we work with. Click here to read about our work with Genentech and here to read about our work at the University of San Francisco.
Learn about source reduction strategies and solutions these businesses implemented and how much annual savings and waste reductions they achieved.
As Mark Rogers, from Lola's Chicken Shack says:
In a nutshell, it’s a win, win, win. It’s a win for the planet, a monetary win for me, and an operational win.
Three local restaurants in San Jose teamed up to reduce single-use disposable waste by over 381,376 individual pieces and over 5,695 pounds annually, and they will collectively be saving over $15,000 every year by purchasing fewer disposables. These restaurants all stand as real examples of how businesses can be both eco-friendly and economical.
American Water Works Association and Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund submitted a joint comment letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to extend the compliance deadlines for coal-fired power plants set in the 2024 “Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category.”