Surfrider’s Ocean Friendly Foodware Guide 3.0 is designed to equip restaurants and hotels with the tools to choose the best “ocean-friendly” products for their businesses and avoid greenwashing. Since the Ocean Friendly Foodware Guide 2.0 was launched in early 2024, even more foodware products have entered the market. With that, the plastic industry is working overtime to water down existing plastic-reduction policies, push false solutions like advanced recycling, and ramp up the production of plastics and bioplastics. In response, Surfrider has advocated for policies at every level of government to incentivize reusable packaging, reduce harmful chemical additives (such as PFAS) in foodware, ensure product labels align with proper disposal methods, and strengthen existing plastic bans.
