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Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance
Effective June 1, 2007, the Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance requires that San Francisco restaurants and food vendors serving food prepared in San Francisco no longer use any polystyrene foam, otherwise known as Styrofoam, as disposable food ware. The ordinance also requires that any disposable food service ware or to-go containers be compostable or recyclable for food prepared and served in San Francisco, unless there is no suitable product that is within 15% of the cost of non-compostable or non-recyclable alternatives.Please click on links below for more information.
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| Report SF restaurants using Styrofoam here | |
| FAQs on the Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance | .pdf (516.2kb) |
| Comopstable Bags and Other Products | |
| FAQs on the Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance - Chinese | .pdf (279.4kb) |
| FAQs on the Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance - Spanish | .pdf (164.3kb) |
| Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance | |
| List of Approved Food Service Ware Products | .pdf (13.7kb) |
| List of Food Service Ware Vendors | .pdf (29.0kb) |
