Sustainable Restaurant Program
Toledo/Lucas County Sustainable Restaurant Program
Introducing the Sustainable Restaurant Program!
After interested restaurants have completed a short survey & consultation regarding their green practices, they are given a "Sustainable Leaf" rating. Restaurants are rated on a scale from 1 to 5 "Sustainable Leaves", indicating each location’s success in implementing green practices.
Each of our Sustainable Restaurants are valued & have taken extra steps to care for our Earth. Make sure you show them support in appreciation for these efforts.
The Facts:
- Food waste has grown by 204% since the 1960s. On average, Americans throw away 40% of their food.
- 250 million tons of trash is generated each year in the US.
- About 1 million plastic bags are used every minute.
- The average American throws away about 185 pounds of plastic per year. This includes 35 billion plastic water bottles.
- 2500 metric tons of plastic flows into Lake Erie every year.
- There are an estimated 50 billion pieces of litter along roads and waterways in the United States.
- Humans consume about a credit card’s worth of plastic each week through what we eat and drink, and 93% of all bottled water contains microplastics.
PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS
1 Leaf: 3-4 criteria satisfied, 2 Leaf: 5-6 criteria satisfied, 3 Leaf: 7-9 criteria satisfied, 4 Leaf: 10-12 criteria satisfied, 5 Leaf: 13+ criteria satisfied
