Secretary of State for Environmental Transition Brune Poirson said on Friday that she would convene "before the end of the month" the leaders of fast-food chains on the controversial issue of sorting their waste.
"I will convene before the end of the month the bosses of fast-food in France to put them in front of their responsibility and to inform them of the measures which will weigh on them in the law + circular economy + of the next year" , wrote, Friday, October 19, Brune Poirson, Secretary of State for Ecological Transition on her Twitter account.
As I did with the tobacco companies, I will call again before the end of the month the bosses of fast food in France to put them in front of their responsibility and to inform them of the measures which will weigh on them in the economic law of the 'next year. pic.twitter.com/kb9SRxu4p2
- Brune Poirson (@brunepoirson) October 19, 2018Thursday night, she was on the set of the show Envoyé Spécial de France 2 , a survey pins some fast food companies on the issue of sorting the mass of waste produced.
Sorting the waste in the room
Also on Thursday, Zero Waste France announced that it is filing a lawsuit against two McDonald's and KFC chain stores located in Place de la Republique in Paris for "no sorting of waste in the dining room" .
"We follow very closely the situation of McDonald for example in France. A few months ago, I had an appointment with the head of McDonald, I asked him to act, I also saw that he did not act enough, " said Brune Poirson on the set Special Envoy .
"I will summon the ministry before the end of the month to all the managers of the fast-food chains to present us with a clear plan of action. What I will also tell them is that we are working on measures that are not only administrative as they are now, but also criminal ones, " she added.
The NGO Zero Waste has documented the absence of indoor sorting bins and analyzed the bags once out of the restaurants. It recalls that all businesses, businesses and administrations have since 2016 the obligation to sort their waste paper, metal, plastic, glass and wood from a decree known as "5 flows" .
An "isolated situation"
McDonald's acknowledged Thursday an "isolated situation, not consistent with the practices of the sign" about the kitchen waste in the offending restaurant. The brand states that "the franchisee and the restaurant teams have already made corrective measures" .
McDonald's maintains, however, that indoor waste is not affected by the "5 flux" decree, and that its treatment of this waste is "in conformity" with "all" of its 1,400 restaurants to another regulation.
KFC, for its part, assures "the subject of recycling very seriously, but is aware that much remains to be done" . The group highlights its actions for the sorting of biowaste or cooking oils, but without answering the substance of the respect of sorting "5 flux" in its restaurants.