Reducing Litter and Achieving Zero Waste by Charging for Take-Out Cups

Clean Water Fund (CWF) conducted surveys with 95 café owners in the eleven districts in San Francisco that sell to-go beverages in disposable cups. The goal of the survey is to determine what current practices businesses utilize to incentivize customers to engage in BYO behavior, what future practices the owners would consider, and if they support a legislative approach to encourage BYO behavior. CWF additionally conducted surveys with 461 customers in the eleven districts of San Francisco to determine what their current BYO cup habits are when ordering hot or cold beverages to-go, what barriers and/or incentivizes are factored into their consideration to BYO, and whether they support a fee for disposable cups.