From 1 January 2023, fast food restaurants will have to use reusable tableware for meals and drinks ordered on site, whether they are 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.
Fast food restaurants serve 6 billion meals per year in 30,000 points of sale in France, which generates 220,000 tonnes of waste each year. For large chains like McDonald’s, Quick, KFC or Domino’s Pizza, which use disposable packaging and tableware in profusion, it is a question of changing the model.