{"id":19412,"date":"2025-08-13T10:23:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?page_id=19412"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:18:01","slug":"restaurant-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/restaurant-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Restaurant Guides and Signage<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Banned single-use plastics reference sheet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Needham has passed several single-use plastic bylaws over the past few years. Here is an easy-to-use reference sheet that lists banned items and suggests possible alternatives.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2025\/08\/single-use-plastic-banned-reference-sheet-2.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Single-use Plastic Reference Sheet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skip the Stuff Signage and Documents<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Skip-the-stuff-graphic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19031 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Skip-the-stuff-graphic-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Skip-the-stuff-graphic-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Skip-the-stuff-graphic-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Skip-the-stuff-graphic-150x147.png 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Skip-the-stuff-graphic.png 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Confused about what is allowed under Needham&#8217;s Skip the Stuff initiative?\u00a0 Looking for easy ways to keep your customers and staff informed about the program?\u00a0 \u00a0Print and post the following signage near your check-out and self-service stations.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2025\/08\/skip-the-stuff-employee-information-sheet-2.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Flyer<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0post this at your check-out station to inform your customers that they need to <i><strong>request<\/strong> <\/i>the utensils and condiments that they <em><strong>need<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2025\/08\/skip-the-stuff-sign-for-self-serve-stations.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sign for Self-Serve Stations <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; post this at customer self-serve stations to inform your customers that they should <em><strong>only<\/strong> <\/em>take the utensils and condiments that they <em><strong>need<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2025\/08\/skip-the-stuff-take-out-reminder-slip.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Take-out Reminde<\/strong>r<\/a> &#8211; clip off and include with take-out order to inform customers that they need to request utensils and condiments.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2025\/08\/skip-the-stuff-employee-information-sheet.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Back of the House&#8221; Sign\/Employee Information Sheet<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; &#8220;cheat sheet&#8221; so that restaurants can easily keep their employees informed about the program and how to respond to customers&#8217; questions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restaurant Guides and Signage Banned single-use plastics reference sheet Needham has passed several single-use plastic bylaws over the past few years. 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