Take Action to #SkipTheStuffNC in North Carolina with the Customer Opt-in for Single-use Foodware House Bill (HB679)! This bill was filed by Rep. Julie von Haefen to reduce single-use foodware in take-out and delivery of prepared meals. Single-use accessories for food service are frequently provided to customers that do not need them, resulting in unnecessary cost to food service operators and unnecessary waste that is costly for local governments to manage.
In addition to defining single-use foodware, this bill establishes the following:
- A food establishment shall not provide any single-use foodware or standard condiments to consumers for on-premises dining, take-out, and delivery orders, or when using a third-party food delivery platform, unless the consumer requests the single-use foodware or condiment.
- A food establishment shall not bundle or package single-use foodware or standard condiments in a manner that prevents consumers from taking only the type of single-use foodware or condiment desired without having to take a different type of single-use foodware or condiment.
- A third-party food delivery platform shall not allow consumers to use the platform to place orders from a food establishment without providing an option on the platform for consumers to request single-use foodware or standard condiments from the food establishment.
Read the complete bill here
One trillion disposable foodware items are used in the United States each year, generating nine million tons of waste which fill our landfills and pollute our waterways.
Reach out to your NC representatives to ask them to support this bill which will allow North Carolina customers to #SkipTheStuffNC we can reduce this waste while saving money!
Find your legislators: https://www.ncleg.gov/FindYourLegislators
