The bill would require fast-casual restaurants to offer reusable food packaging for customers taking food to go.
The bill would require NYC fast-casual restaurants to offer reusable food packaging for customers taking food to go. Dani Beckstrom has the story.A group of New York City officials has come together to introduce legislation that would require restaurants to offer reusable packaging to customers.
Councilmembers Marjorie Velázquez, Keith Powers, Erik Bottcher and Sandy Nurse were joined by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine to introduce "Choose to Reuse." ""It's giving the power back to the consumer," Velázquez said. "It's the choice that restaurants would have to give you a reusable container so you can drop off at any site afterwards that is participating so you have a clean, reusable container while saving the environment. It's a win-win for everyone."
Businesses like Deliver Zero create reusable containers already used by smaller businesses across the five boroughs.""To create maximum impact and address the climate crisis, which is pretty urgent, we need massive change from not just a handful of corporations but all corporations," Sweeney said. "And many of them will not do it unless it's legislated.
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