Expanding on Our Initiatives

Outreach and Education Goals:

• Create public demand for circular policies and solutions to replace disposable "make-take-waste" packaging.
• Introduce food and drink container systems
• Influence public opinion as to the benefits of reusables and how those benefits outweigh the convenience of disposables

Advocacy Goals:

• Educate public officials on the benefits of policies that encourage reusables over disposables
• Launch a Skip the Stuff public awareness campaign, encouraging individuals to speak up for less waste
• Highlight to other municipalities how Bexley's (a suburb of Columbus') ban on disposable containers is working

Circular Economy Solutions Goals:

• Encourage and facilitate the circular economy initiatives and business-based, closed-loop solutions that replace disposables with reusables
• Reuse for Dine-In Pilot — we're currently at the engagement process with 8-10 restaurants and coffee shops with  a plan to launch by 3Q2023
• Restaurant Blitz — App-based crowdsourcing for volunteers to perform sustainability audits on the go
• BYO program — Encourage business owners to promote "Bring Your Own" policies for their establishments