Learn how to switch from single-use to reusable in Toronto restaurants
Project background
Since 2021, we have been working with Toronto Environmental Alliance, a not-for-profit organization, to identify the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing reusable programs in local businesses within the City of Toronto.
Because our data from previous years suggests customers and businesses want more information about the benefits and feasibility of shifting to reusables, the U of T Trash Team and TEA have created some resources to help Toronto businesses.
Resources for businesses
We’ve developed some simple flyers with information about how you can shift your business away from single-use plastics and disposables.
Click on the image to view the entire document.
Poster for businesses
Other resources for businesses
We’ve compiled other relevant information for your business.
Federal Regulations
Regulations and Programs in Toronto:
- City of Toronto Single-Use & Takeaway Items Reduction Program
- Toronto Public Health Guidance
- City of Toronto Guide to Reduce Single-Use & Takeaway Items
- Learn more about what products should go into your garbage and recycling bins
Regulations in other parts of Canada
The benefits of reuse
Compostable/ Biodegradable/ Bioplastic
Report from 5Gyres- Better alternatives now: research to study the long-term fate of plastic alternatives in the environment.
The data generated from this project will be used to inform decision-makers as they consider new policies to reduce single-use plastic items.
This project is in collaboration with Toronto Environmental Alliance.
This project is supported in part by Partners in Project Green, a program of Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
