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that meets our R4R Restaurants for Resilience?

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Mandatory Baseline Criteria

- Use only reusable food-ware on-site.

- Avoid Styrofoam containers.
- Ensure straws, utensils, and takeout bags are not plastic.

- Avoid the usage of plastic bottles.
 

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Optional additional point based criteria: 

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• All seafood is ‘Best Choice’ or ‘Good Alternative’ as defined by Seafood Watch, or no seafood is served 1pt

• Proper recycling practices are followed 1pt

• Ingredients are sourced locally to reduce carbon footprint and support sustainable farming 1pt 

• Composting efforts are in place for food waste 1pt 

• Installation of low-flow faucets and toilets 1pt

• Offering drinking water only upon request 1pt

• No hosing down outside areas to reduce urban runoff pollution 1pt

• Proper disposal of Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) in line with BMPs 1pt

• Up-to-date septic or sewage systems to prevent wastewater pollution 1pt 

• Is LED lighting installed on site? 1pt

• Partnership with a company to collect and process recycled grease into commercial products 1pt 

• Are solar panels installed on site? 1pt

• Are Energy Star certified appliances used? 1pt

• Vegetarian and vegan food options are regularly offered 1pt

• Employee's receive introductory sustainability training 1pt

• Do Employees participate in ongoing sustainability workshops 1pt

• Active community engagement and partnerships for environmental or social welfare causes 2 pts

• Commitment to hosting a living seawall, oyster bed, or biochar sleeve along the restaurant's seawall and within adjacent waterways (for waterfront restaurants) 3pts