The Ocean Friendly Restaurant program increases awareness, drives change in behavior and ultimately creates scalable impact to reduce plastic waste. One restaurant, one customer at a time.
Show your support in reducing single use plastics in San Diego by signing our “Plastic Straws Suck” Pledge!
Restaurants participating must follow the first five criteria: And choose a minimum of two of these criteria: Restaurants who meet all of the criteria are recognized as a Platinum Level Ocean Friendly Restaurant.
Show your support by frequenting our registered Ocean Friendly Restaurants and let them know you found them on the OFR webpage Ask for water and other drinks in a reusable glass instead of plastic Bring your own reusable cup for takeout coffee, and remember to ask for a reusable mug when ordering “for here” Bring a reusable water bottle to avoid purchasing plastic bottles of water If you think you may have leftovers, bring your own reusable container instead of getting a disposable container from the restaurant Always bring your own bag when picking up takeout food Register your favorite restaurant – Anyone can become part of the OFR team and register restaurants to be Ocean Friendly. Join us at a committee meeting to find out exactly how the process works.
We offer restaurants several incentives for their Ocean Friendly practices. Promotion to more than 30,000 San Diego County consumers through:
DID YOU KNOW AMERICANS USE 500 MILLION PLASTIC STRAWS EVERY DAY?
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WHAT MAKES A RESTAURANT OCEAN FRIENDLY?
How can you help?
Say “no straw” whenever you order a drink (even take-out and drive-thru), and take the No Straw Pledge
BECOME AN OCEAN FRIENDLY RESTAURANT