2023-04-27 14:39:09
About forty fast or collective catering brands presented their action plan on the implementation of reusable tableware, mandatory since January 1, aiming “to bring restaurants into compliance by the end of June”, a announced the government on Thursday. In early February, the Ministry of Ecological Transition announced that ten brands had not yet submitted an action plan: Compass Group, Restoria, 1001 Meals, Elior, Dupont Restauration, Starbucks, Domino’s, Five Guys, McDonalds (Antilles) and Nabab Kebab.
Only four brands claim to respect the law
Invited Thursday to take stock of the compliance of their restaurants, “all the brands have sent a corrective action plan, with the exception of two of them”, Nabab Kebab and Domino’s, said the ministry to the AFP. Only four claim to already respect the law. Since January 1, fast food restaurants must use reusable tableware for meals and drinks served at the table, whether cups, lids, plates, containers or cutlery, in application of the law relating to the fight once morest waste and the circular economy (Agec), voted in 2020.
The obligation applies to restaurants that can accommodate at least 20 guests. While fast food has 40,000 establishments, “16 checks were carried out in restaurants” to verify the application of the law, giving rise to “three fines” – two at Nabab Kebab and one at a Domino’s point of sale – and eight reminders to the law”, specifies the press release. The fines are fines of up to 7,500 euros, and “daily penalties may be incurred if the restaurant does not bring it up to standard”, indicated the ministry. .
Companies will have to publish their action plans by the end of May
Restaurant controls will be “reinforced”, assures the government, promising a new meeting by the end of 2023, and companies “will have to publish (online), by the end of May, their action plans”, specifies Bérangère Couillard , Secretary of State for Ecology, quoted by the press release. Some brands said they needed time to carry out the necessary work to wash the dishes or indicated that they were experiencing delays in the delivery of new containers.
This measure should make it possible to avoid “200,000 tonnes of waste per year”, while last year “20 billion disposable containers and cutlery were thrown away” in fast food outlets in France, declared for his part Christophe Béchu , Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, according to the press release.
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