Many thanks to the organizations that help us achieve our mission! The Yarmouth High School Environmental Action Club provided us the initial organizational structure to get going and our first volunteers. First Parish Congregational Church  generously allows us to use their dishwasher when we have a large batch of dirty dishes.  Multiple families in town have washed dishes from individual events.  And we thank the various sports teams, families, and others who have used us to reduce or eliminate trash from their events!

We're seeing more and more groups, non-profits, and corporations coming together to replace single-use dishes, silverware, take-out containers, et cetera with reusables. Here are some of the ones we're aware of.

• Reusable Dish or Takeout Container programs for individuals and small organizations

  • Reusable Dishware Kit from The Environmental Center (Bend, OR)

  • Reusable Dish Program (University of Alberta, Canada)

  • Choose to Reuse (Brandeis University, Waltham, MA)

  • Choose to Reuse (Boston University, Boston, MA)

  • Reusable Dishware Program (Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA)

  • Reusable Plate Program (SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY)

• Reusable Dish or Takeout Container programs for restaurants, cafeterias, venues, etc

  • Re:Dish (New York City, NY; Philadelphia, PA)

  • Recirclable (Boston, MA area)

  • DeliverZero (Nationwide)

  • Don't Waste Durham GreenToGo (Durham, NC)

  • r.World Reusables

  • StopWaste maintains a much larger list

• Other organizations

  • Upstream Solutions An organization that promotes reuse, gives out annual awards, The Reusies, and runs a great podcast, The Indisposable Podcast.

  • PerpetualUse An organization that helps cities develop city-wide foodware reuse systems

  • Bluegrass.com provides a how-to guide on establishing a reusable foodware program at large events.