West End Dish Box
Borrow dishes for your next event for FREE
West End Dish Box is a Zero Waste Dish Library in West End neighbourhood of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
It is dedicated to promoting sustainable living, minimizing waste, conservation of resources and the preservation of our planet.
We have a wide selection of reusable dinnerware and flatware that you can borrow for FREE.
All of our items are microwave-safe and dishwasher-safe.
The West End Dish Box contains:
16 Large Dinner Plates (White, Tempered opal glass)
16 Side/Lunch Plates (White, Tempered opal glass)
16 Bowls (White, Tempered opal glass)
16 Cutlery Sets (Fork+ Knife+ Spoon+ Teaspoon) (Stainless steel)
16 Glasses (27 cl / 9 oz) (Glass)
12 Kids Plates (Mixed Colours, Polypropylene)
12 Kids Bowls (Mixed Colours, Polypropylene)
12 Kids Tumblers (Mixed Colours, Polypropylene)
12 Kids Cutlery Sets (Spoon+Fork+Knife) (Mixed Colours, Polypropylene)
2 Utensil Holders (13.5 cm or 5 3/8") (Stainless steel)
How to Borrow:
1. Check our Calendar to see if the Dish Box is available for the date you want it
2. Email us or Complete the contact form with your borrowing date
3. Pick up the Dish Box in West End, Vancouver (BC, Canada)
4. Host your event without disposable dishes
5. Clean the dishes by running them through your dishwasher
6. Return the Dish Box on agreed date
Calendar
Contact
- West End, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Testimonials
This is a great idea. Thank you so much for the use of the dishes. You should advertise it more often. I'm very happy I found this.
MoniaNov 2023 "Thank you so much for the use of the dishes! You saved my thanksgiving!!"
DaleOct 2023 "I'm very happy about this initiative. It enabled me to host my event responsibly. Thank you West End Dish Box!"
PavanSep 2023 "Thank you so much for making and sharing the West End Dish Box. I was very keen on keeping my event zero waste and borrowing the Dish Box made it possible. I would definitely tell about it to my friends and encourage them to use it!"
RashmiSep 2023 "This is a wonderful project. I really liked the beautiful dishes. Thanks for sharing this!"
SiddharthSep 2023Media Mentions
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Learn MoreSponsor
This resident-led project is supported by the Neighbourhood Small Grants program with funding from Vancouver Foundation. Gordon Neighbourhood House coordinates the program for all neighbours who live on the Downtown Peninsula
Vancouver Foundation
Neighbourhood Small Grants is Vancouver Foundation’s grassroots grant making program that helps build community and strengthen connections right where people live. They believe the best people to effect change in a community are the ones within it. And when they can make money less of an issue in doing so, it allows so many more kinds of ideas to shine.
Gordon Neighbourhood House
Gordon Neighbourhood House is a volunteer-led, multi-service, non-profit, non-sectarian, non-government, and apolitical, community-based organization. Gordon Neighbourhood House’s mission is to make the West End a better neighbourhood in which to live and grow. Gordon Neighbourhood House coordinates the Neighbourhood Small Grants Program for all neighbours who live on the Downtown Peninsula in Vancouver.
City of Vancouver
The Greenest City Neighbourhood Small Grant (GCNSG) is a grassroots grant stream created to support small-scale neighbour-led community projects that help advance climate and sustainability goals, in Vancouver, BC. The Greenest City Neighbourhood Small Grants is a partnership between the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Foundation to help Vancouver respond to the challenge of climate change.
