With the enactment of a law requiring companies and others to reduce the amount of disposable plastic products approaching next month, efforts to reduce the amount of plastic used in the food service industry are expanding.
Under the Plastic Resource Recycling Law, which will come into effect on the 1st of next month, companies will be obliged to reduce the amount of plastic for 12 disposable plastic products such as spoons and straws that are given to customers free of charge.
Under these circumstances, in the restaurant industry that handles target products, there are a series of movements to strengthen the response, and among them, "Ringer Hut", which develops specialty stores such as Nagasaki Champon, is a plant-derived spoon for take-out from next month. Switch to a mixture of 25% of the ingredients.
The company has already abolished plastic straws, but expects to reduce more than a ton of plastic annually through new measures.
On the other hand, even for disposable products that are not included in the 12 items, there is a movement to reduce plastics, and the operating company of the home delivery sushi chain "Gin no Sara" is using plastics in more than 360 stores nationwide. We reviewed the shape of the sushi sushi made.
It is said that the thickness has been reduced by 0.05 mm compared to the past, which has led to a reduction in the amount of plastic while maintaining the strength of the vessel.
Following the enforcement of the law, the food service and retail industries are moving to reduce plastics, such as offering some in-store drinks without a lid and introducing a spoon with a hole in the handle. is spreading.