Meal delivery: sachets of sauce and cutlery will no longer be systematic

Nineteen meal delivery players signed a charter with the Ministry of Ecological Transition on Monday.

Among the flagship measures is a target of 50% of packaging delivered that is plastic-free for single use by January 1, 2022, then 70% by January 1, 2023.

The signatories also promise the end of the systematic delivery of cutlery and sauces from March 1, 2021, as well as the launch of 12 experiments to re-use the containers for dishes, including deposit systems.

The charter also sets a target of 100% recyclable packaging by January 1, 2022.

In total, "ten concrete commitments structure this charter, allowing the signatories to be actors of the ecological transition in their respective fields", specified the ministry in a press release, adding that three NGOs are accompanying and supporting the process.

600 million unique packaging discarded in 2019

The list of signatory players includes online meal ordering platforms (Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Tiptoque, CoopCycle, Stuart);

“virtual restaurants” operating from a central kitchen (Frichti, Nestor, Popchef, FoodChéri, Foodles, Saveurs et Vie);

companies offering packaging reuse or deposit services (Uzaje, Green Go, Reconcil, En box le plat, Pyxo);

and manufacturers and suppliers of packaging or containers (Metro, Pyrex, Arc International).

More than 200 million meals were delivered in 2019, generating more than 600 million single-use packaging that ended up in our bins, according to figures from the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

“This market is growing steadily, by 20% per year.

And the health crisis only reinforces this trend, ”points out the ministry.

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This charter is the culmination of several months of reflection: in July 2020, those involved in meal delivery undertook to formulate concrete proposals to the government to reduce the amount of waste generated by their sector.

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“A monitoring committee will meet regularly and a communication on the progress of commitments will be carried out every six months.

The ministry will lead the process and support the reuse experiments carried out by the players in the catering industry, with the support of Ademe, ”the ecological transition agency, details the press release.