No more cardboard glasses for sodas or small cups that accommodated fries. From now on, this crockery which was part of the decor, and garbage cans, at McDonald’s, is part of the past. “It doesn’t change the taste,” jokes an aficionado of the fast-food chain. ” It was time ! exclaims Aminata, concerned about the mass of waste produced by fast food. 180,000 tonnes is the weight of this pollution each year in France.
Replacing all this waste with washable materials: “It’s a world first on this scale in an entire country”, explains Benjamin Peri, co-founder of the Pyxo company, which advises restaurants on the best ways to adapt to these ecological challenges. “Reusing requires structurally rethinking how fast food works,” he says.
“Going from a model designed around everything disposable to a model that asks them to reuse washable dishes is really a revolution”, sums up Moira Tourneur, Manager in the association Zéro Waste France.
Thefts, lifespan, washing and RFID chips. Find in the video at the top of the article, the 4 things to know about the installation of washable dishes in the restaurants of the McDonald’s chain.