We Are Green

• We buy free-trade, certified organic coffee grown in the shade, which prevents cutting down forests to grow coffee.
• By serving condiments and creamers from a pump system instead of individual packets, we have eliminated more than 3 million condiment packets and 495,000 single-serving creamer cups per year.
• Unlike most other coffee cups, ours have a corn starch rather than the petroleum-based lining and are completely biodegradable, compostable, and chlorine-free, but still, hold hot beverages safely. Instead of sending used cups to the landfill, they are composed.
• We serve our meals in reusable and washable tableware at the Statue of Liberty & Ellis SIalnd restaurants. These materials are nicer to eat off of, prevent waste, and save money.
• We have worked with vendors to eliminate excess packaging wherever possible.

• Plastics - PET, NDPE & LDPE
• Aluminum
• Glass
• Cardboard
• Wood Pallets
• Batteries
• Light Bulbs
• Cooking Oil

• Food Scraps
• Coffee Grounds
• Utencils
• Compostable Paper Products

Our dinner napkins, toilet paper, office paper, gift shop bags, gift boxes, and postcards we sell at the Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island gift stores & restaurants are made with recycled content and are suitable for recycling. All of our chemicals meet the criteria for Green Restaurant certification.