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Soon the law may make you go green with packaging | Nation

During the height of the pandemic, with restaurant dining rooms shuttered, many American kitchens and dining rooms filled with smiley face plastic delivery bags, disposable cutlery and single-use containers. Since the return to normalcy, the on-demand delivery culture has not abetted, and our appetite for restaurant delivery has only grown.

In fact, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2023 State of the Industry report , two-thirds of U.S. adults said they’re more likely to order takeout from a restaurant now than before the pandemic. And according to  the international membership forum, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, plastic waste has doubled from 2000 to 2019, and 40% of it comes from packaging. That’s a lot of clamshell containers.

Soon the law may make you go green with packaging | Nation

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