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  They're gonna have a lot of stolen reusable tableware.
context: “Under the new rules, any restaurant with more than 20 seats – including work canteens, bakery chains, fast-food and sushi outlets – will have to provide reusable, washable cups, plates, dishes and cutlery for customers eating in.”
  Post COVID I rarely see people dinning in at fast food restaurants.  I assume the quickest way to become compliant in most locations is to reduce the number of seats to 20. >
  
  “Work canteens” (aka cafeterias) will be a big one. Large manufacturers won’t want to get rid of it, and seats can’t be reduced to less than 20. >
  
  Large cafeterias in France generally have reusable plates and cutlery. It simply saves money. >
  
  Opposite here in the states. Having the disposable plates and cutlery saves on having to pay a dishwasher. >
  
  I don't think I have ever been to a cafeteria here in the states that didn't have reusable plates and cups. Schools, universities, hospitals, even commercial ones like K&W cafeteria or Ikea. >
  
  I work at a large (Fortune 100) manufacturer in the Midwest. Plates are compostable, cutlery is plastic. Cafeteria is contracted out to Aramark across all their US locations. >
  
  They've come out with better straws recently that don't turn into sog but still biodegradable.  Paper plates are phenomenal now.  Why haven't they come out with biodegradable cutlery yet?  Is that a thing in some places?  I have never seen them anywhere when I've traveled. >
  
  Recently ate in a cafeteria at a museum. Cutlery was biodegradable >
  
  And now restaurants will offer limited edition forks and spoons for sale, and customers will collect a few dozen before throwing them out.  Just like with the Dickies cups and KFC containers I've accumulated over the years. >
  
  So back to those fake frosted plastic sofa cups you used to get at the bowling alley that were un breakable and lasted forever? >
  
  Any help available for non-bowlers?
  'sofa cups' search doesn't seem relevant. >
  
  Meant soda cups but now I feel someone needs to invent a sofa cup! >
  
  Plastic spork manufacturers are rejoicing >
  
  shouldnt they be sad >
  
  No because a spork has two uses! >
  
  mr u/confident_mark owes you a share of my upvote. >
  
  And if anyone knows a Revolution, it’s France. >
  
  I'm not going to trust McDonald's to properly sterilize cutlery other customers before me have used. >
  
  Thankfully you don’t need a fork to eat a hamburger or fries. I would definitely rethink eating anything that needed a fork like a pancake or loaded fries if something like was passed where I live. >
  
  Ice cream? >
  
  You don’t need a spoon if you get it on a cone! >
  
  McFlurry is going to be tough using your hands. >
  
  Just heat it up and drink it >
  
  Now they just need to normalize providing rewashable cutlery in each room in hotels and they can get rid of one of the main reasons why people need disposable cutlery for takeout as well. >
  
  I mean Canada just did this as well, all single use plastics actually. Companies have 12 months to use the stock they have left, and it comes with a step fine if they are used after that >
  
  Interesting. I get they want to reduce the trash that ends up in the oceans, animals stomachs, etc. But to now want to do away with the cardboard, paper items....We just don't live in that world.  Big time Fast food places may be able to afford it, though up goes those prices. Small businesses that use single use items, cannot afford to switch in the future if they do away with the single use-somewhat better alternatives to reusuable. How in the living fk are they supposed to make sure people return that load of items? I'm a small bakery & provide things such as tiered cupcakes stands, cake stands, etc for a deposit. That alone is somewhat of a nightmare. People are just not into returning things on time, nor in good shape. Then you have to spend the time looking for replacements. And I'm a small place.    The only thing really would be for people to use their own(cutlery, plates, etc.)..... though if something like this ever occured in the states, health codes & inspections would need a complete overhaul-since that is one main component to the food biz. >
  
  This new law only applies to customers dining in.
  “The law concerns only tableware used by customers sitting down in restaurants. Anyone ordering takeaway, for example from McDonald’s, will continue to receive single-use packaging.” >
  
  french there, if i'm not wrong takeaway should be recyclable at least. The place I work is switching from plastic to cardboard and wood cutlery. >
  
  Neither food-contaminated cardboard or wood are recyclable (though they can be burned for energy or composted). >
  
  This is going to be a boon for culinary creativity and adoption of hand-held foods. Say hello to orange chicken and fried rice burgers and katsu curry burritos. >
  
  Both those things sound delicious.
  I know a place that sells bulgogi gimbaps. Think 'sushi roll', except it's marinated beef in there, different rice too. A reusable bread bag is perfectly fine to stuff those in. >
  
  Use wood, we did in the 60so >
  
  Single-use plastic was already banned. Advocates for this law passed it because they were upset with the switch to wood and bamboo instead of durable goods.
  
  "Although single-use plastic had already been banned, it had been replaced by large amounts of throwaway products like cardboard, wood, bamboo, which we consider an unacceptable waste of resources.” >
  
  That's reasonable tbh >
  
  oh look, france is getting ready for a new disease ourbreak, when the reusable utensils get "cleaned" by min wage workers who dgaf.
  the concept is well intentioned, but is going to have significant health consequences due to human nature >
  
  Sounds fantastic. Wish this would be the case where I live too. >
  
  Your soggy fries steamed in a plastic cup sir >
  
  Next step: burger wrappers/boxes. >
  
  So... How are you expecting them to serve said fastfood burger? On a plate? >
  
  The article states they will be served on plates. 
  For to-go orders, perhaps reusable containers and bags, akin to grocery shopping in parts of the US now. >
  
  It’s a small step, but it’s better than nothing. >
  
  A revolutionary increase in prices