Here are some sites that assess the environmental impacts of common products, evaluate the accuracy of green packaging.  They also have mobile apps to help you to make more conscious choices next time you are at the supermarket or the department store:

Bridge-Gate (compostable serving ware)
     410-975-0961

Fabri-Kal Greenware: (compostable plastics)
     800-888-5054

Direct Pack: (compostable or recyclable plastic)
     888-902-3131

WNA (high end recyclable plasticware)
     888-926-2877


Southern Champion Tray: (paperboard packaging)
     800-468-2222

Huhtamaki, Inc. (recyclable plastic and cardboard)
     800-244-6382

BagcraftPapercon (paper wrappers and servers)
     800-621-8468

Biodegradable Food Service (paper and compostable plastics)
     541-593-2191

o GoodGuide.Com.  Rates the ecological virtue of branded products on a scale of 1 to 10.  They also have a free GoodGuide app, which you can download here.

Educating Consumers



Cost Comparison: Polystyrene and Alternatives (Clean Water Action)

Polystyrene Checklist (Brookline)

Polystyrene Alternatives Vendor List (Brookline)

Reusable Foodware Guide (Clean Water Action)

Polystyrene Fact Sheet (Brookline)

Polystyrene Workshop for Food Service powerpoint (Brookline)

Sample Product List spreadsheet (Somerville)

Alternatives to EPS Foam (Somerville)

What’s the most sustainable type of disposable cups, cutlery and plates I can buy? (Portland, OR)

Educating Businesses and Institutions

Please note that a listing on this page does not constitute an endorsement of a particular vendor, product, or project.  If you have products or ideas to share and want to be listed here, please email us!

Foodware distributor list (Alameda, CA )

Vendors of Alternative Products

Alternatives to Polystyrene

o GreenerChoices.org. A service from Consumer Reports that assesses the accuracy of food labels. Their Eco-Labels app costs 99 cents.  You can download the app here.