ReThink Disposable: Skip the Stuff Case Study

In March 2024, Red Bank, NJ passed their Skip the Stuff Ordinance (2024-08), which has restaurants only provide single-use cutlery and condiments upon request for take-out orders. This led nine other municipalities to pass similar ordinances in 2024. In November 2024, Clean Water Action visited twenty-nine (29) restaurants in Red Bank to gauge the success rate of the Skip the Stuff Ordinance. Of the twenty-nine (29) restaurants visited, twenty (20) restaurants were able to provide data while nine (9) did not have managers present to provide financial information. In some cases, multiple visits were made to try to speak with the person in charge but that was not always possible.