In more recent times, food delivery businesses have become a large source of single-use plastic waste. Unlike dining at the restaurant, food delivery requires the food to be packed in disposable containers that are used to transport the food to the customer. These containers are not reclaimed later and are meant to be disposed of after use. This presents delivery companies with the difficult tradeoff of providing simple, green packaging or providing a unique and attractive presentation of their food.
If the restaurants and delivery companies are held more accountable for the waste generated as a by-product of their business, they would prioritise the use of greener packaging instead of the usual plastic packaging. Biodegradable containers are a lot better suited to the scenario of food delivery containers that are used for a very short time, as opposed to plastic packaging that is used for food items that require a long shelf life.
Popular alternatives are made of fibre or paper and contain no plastic elements. This is still not an optimal solution as the time taken to decompose a single unit of this packaging is still huge in comparison to the duration of use. Going forward, we need solutions to food delivery where the packaging can be better integrated with the circular economy to generate less waste.
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