greenUP!, an environmental education non-profit working with local businesses, announced a partnership with three Carson City restaurants — So Juicy, Squeeze In, and The Union — to run a pilot program offering customers a reusable container option for take-out orders.
The program, called Green Box To-Go, aims to reduce single use materials in take-out by providing a system to professionally sanitize, recirculate, and reuse take-out boxes.
When ordering a meal to-go, customers will have the option to make a one-time subscription purchase that allows them to check containers out as many times as they like. Then they request their food be packaged in one of the reusable Green Boxes and take it with them like any other take-out box. Then all that’s left is to do is rinse the container out, drop it in one of the return boxes located at The Union, Squeeze In, or So Juicy and pick up a new token to exchange for another box the next time they want to order take out.
The aim is to incorporate sustainability into take-out orders in a way that is convenient for the customer. No need to worry about sanitizing or maintaining the containers. Just return them cleanly, collect a token, have your rewards punch card stamped, and be on your way.
The service comes at a one-time cost of $20, which grants customers the ability to check out one box at a time, with unlimited returns and check-outs, much like a library card. A four-box-at-a-time family plan is also available for $40.
Green Box To-Go hopes to expand throughout Carson City.
“At Squeeze In we are committed to supporting a healthy happy planet, and that means exploring ways to be more sustainable and environmentally friendly,” co-owner Shila Morris said in a news release.
For information or to purchase a token, visit https://greenupnow.biz/reusable- takeout-container-pilot/.
greenUP! invites you to complete a three-minute survey by April 9 to help improve the program. Respondents will receive a voucher for one Green Box To-Go token.
The Carson Street Green Dining district is a greenUP! project funded initially by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Bureau of Sustainable Materials Management 2019 and 2020 Recycling Grant for 2020.
Restaurants interested in joining the Carson Street Green Dining District may contact info@greenupnow.biz or call 949-306-3465.
