Reuse Wins report:
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  • Group of diverse friends enjoying a meal together at a restaurant or cafe, smiling and raising glasses for a toast.

    “Reuse Wins” report supplemental section: The future of food service is reusable

  • Flowchart illustrating how reuse services support take-out and delivery work. It shows a service provider washing and sanitizing containers, a restaurant serving customers in reusable containers, a customer getting a meal in reusable containers, a customer dropping off or picking up containers, and the cycle continuing.

    Slide one: How reuse services for takeout and delivery work

  • Infographic illustrating the environmental impacts of the food service industry, including water and resource use, packaging waste, and disposal costs, with illustrations of factory smoke, a restaurant, a landfill, and litter in water.

    Slide two: Today’s one-way throw-away food service model

  • An infographic on the benefits of a reuse economy for food service, highlighting jobs created, disposables avoided, food packaging items prevented, money saved, and litter prevented through reuse systems.

    Slide three: Tomorrow’s new reuse economy for food service

  • Infographic comparing water usage of paper cups versus ceramic cups, showing 500 paper cups use nearly 370 gallons of water, while washing one ceramic cup uses 53 gallons.

    Cup washing infographic

  • Comparison chart showing environmental impact of PLA clamshells versus real plates. The green bar for real plates is taller, indicating fewer uses needed for environmental benefit compared to yellow bar for PLA clamshells. Text states: 'After just 50 uses, real plates are better for the environment than PLA clamshells.'

    Plate break even infographic

  • Infographic showing how stainless steel knives, after only two washes, break even with disposable cutlery for environmental impact, with a series of fork icons illustrating the comparison.

    Cutlery washing infographic