Eastside Bring Your Own Cup (BYOC)

Use the map to find 2024 Eastside BYOC campaign partner shops. 

Reusables are Better for the Planet

• Over their lifecycle, reusable cups have lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to disposable alternatives.

Reusables Reduce Litter

• Transitioning to reusables helps prevent litter from ending up on the streets, in storm drains, and in rivers and lakes.

Reusables are Safe

• Washington State Retail Food Code allows businesses to refill personal beverage containers. Reusables are safe and do not spread Covid-19.

You can feel good about doing your part to prevent pollution and other harmful environmental impacts! Learn more about the many benefits of reusables by visiting upstreamsolutions.org.

Project outcomes included:

• Social research on business and consumer barriers to BYOC, 300 surveys
• Digital marketing campaign focused on behavior change (slogan: “keys, wallet, phone, cup!”) reaching an audience of 2,149,267 and 6,496 unique clicks on the campaign ad
• Creation of an interactive BYOC coffee shop mapping tool available on four cities websites
• 686 BYOC pledges and 70 post-pledge surveys
• Gave away over 800 reuse tools (cups, tea towels, sporks, utensil kits, reusable to-go containers, and cloth napkins)
• BYOC passport and prize drawing program awarded 15 passport participants
• Outreach to consumers at 14 tabling events reaching 2,000 individuals
• Relationship building with 20 coffee shop BYOC program partners
• Collected data on total number of cups, sleeves, and lids (28,440) and pounds of cups, sleeves, and lids (1,244) diverted from landfill by consumers and coffee shop participants
• Developed and distributed English and Spanish creative assets to remove language barriers