You will have to change your habits at the beginning of next year since disposable dishes will be prohibited in fast food restaurants.
As part of the ‘Anti-waste law for a circular economy (AGEC)’ fast food restaurants will no longer have disposable tableware from January 1, 2023. Restaurants will have to offer reusable tableware. Exception will be made for the papers that surround the sandwich (for a practical matter -they prevent them from scattering everywhere when you eat them-).
Restaurants will have to offer reusable tableware
Finished the sandwich in its cardboard box or soda served in a paper cup. In the end, it will be above all the fast food who will have to acclimatize to this new provision under penalty of fifth class fines and daily penalties for the most recalcitrant restaurants after the checks of the inspectors of the Directions regional environment, planning and lodging (Dreal) and the DGCCRF.
Fifth class fines
According to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, fast food generates 180,000 tonnes of packaging immediately thrown away after use every year. A ministry official warns: “Some brands have anticipated the ban, others have just discovered it or pretend to discover it; During the first year of running-in, we will favor an educational approach“…
This new law is sometimes difficult to organize due to a lack of space in certain restaurants (storage of dishes, washing, etc.).
Independent establishments with at least twenty seats will not be affected.
Note that independent establishments with at least twenty seats will not be affected by this new law so as not to penalize them. It is up to them (if they can) to put this system in place.