Waste Free Dining Guide

This guide was created to highlight restaurants, cafes, and food businesses that are committed to reducing waste by using reusable dishware and silverware. 

Every year, millions of single-use containers, cups, utensils, and wrappers end up in landfills - or worse, in our oceans and streets. Most are used for just a few minutes but take hundreds of years to break down. 

By choosing to reuse, we:
  • Reduce plastic pollution and landfill waste.
  • Lower the carbon footprint of our meals.
  • Support businesses that are doing their part to reduce waste.
  • Help shift our culture from convenience to sustainability.

Use this map to explore restaurants that are committed to reducing their waste.

Know a restaurant that should be on this map? Let us know by emailing es@dublin.ca.gov. We're always updating and expanding to spotlight every business doing it's part. 

What Individuals Can Do

Whenever possible, choose reusable dining items over single-use options. California State law AB 619 allows customers to bring and use reusables to be filled in restaurants, food trucks, farmers' markets, festivals and more! 

Spread the word. Talk to family, friends, and neighbors and encourage them to dine at restaurants that use reusables or bring resuables with them, too!

What Businesses Can Do

Whenever possible, offer resuable dining items for patrons to eliminate the need for any disposable food serviceware. 

Skip the styrofoam. The City has banned the use of polystyrene at restaurants and other food vendors as it is not recyclable, not biodegradable, and ends up in landfills or waterways. 

Provide single use items on request only. This not only reduces waste, it ensures your business is compliant with state law AB 1276. 

Businesses can review the City's Compliance Resources for Restaurants page for more information on state and local waste and recycling mandates that may be applicable to your businesses.