Action 3-1 · CE

Evaluate opportunities for a safe reusable foodware and refillable cup ordinance that requires reusables for onsite consumption and supports expanded reuse.

Timing: No date set
Lead department: SF Environment
Strategy: Reduce, reuse, repair, and recover goods and materials to achieve greater product longevity, health, and safety.
In the plan: Page 78 of the published PDF

Implementation status

Departments report status each January through the City's monitoring, evaluation, and reporting cycle. The first report on the 2026 plan covers calendar year 2026. Status, milestones, and notes will appear here.

Racial and Social Equity ReviewWhat the equity review said about this strategy

Equity impacts

EJ communities face greater barriers to benefit from the potential economic and workforce development opportunities come from reuse and repair. While many may already practice reuse and repair habits, more education and outreach could benefit the community. Reuse and repair could also support economic recovery efforts from disasters: fix it clinics and tool exchanges in EJ communities can build resilience in the events of economic difficulty or shortages of goods.

Recommendations

Increase access to resources like refill / zero waste shops across EJ communities and create sustainable job opportunities for those populations in doing so.
Support the opening and expansion of operations like zero waste / refill co-op shops, as well as expand access to refill and reuse resources in existing markets and grocery stores.
Engage with CBOs and EJ communities to plan tool exchanges and pop-up fix it clinics at SFPL locations.
Seek ways to support volunteer and co-op repair clinics that build community cohesion and can act as mutual aid networks in other areas of necessity.

Partly reflected in the final plan. CE-3-3 sets 20 library repair events a year and studies neighborhood tool exchanges.

Source: 2026 Climate Action Plan, Appendix C. Adoption status is our reading of the final text, pending SFE confirmation.