Eating out major boll to get started lunch home delivery for the elderly (Tokyo) is, from May Aichi Prefecture began the collection and recycling of plastic containers of lunch in. According to the company, it is the industry’s first initiative and plans to spread it nationwide within three years. We aim to reduce plastic waste , which is a global problem .
Staff collected
“Recycling is good. It also reduces bulky trash.” In late May, Takayuki Tokumoto (88) in Atsuta-ku , Nagoya handed an empty container to the staff who delivered the lunch. It is said that they wash the containers they have eaten by themselves and cooperate with the collection.
Watami entered the home food business in 2008. It delivers about 230,000 meals a day nationwide. We started container recycling in May for some 4,700 meals in Aichi.
Lunch is Aichi Prefecture made at the factory in, is delivered to the user’s home via the sales office. The staff collects the finished containers at the time of delivery. The collected containers will be chemically recycled as raw materials for plastics at the Nagoya Steel Works of Japan .
Weight is 1/10 of conventional
Conventional containers were made sturdy because they were returned by the user, washed with hot water, and reused. However, since the container is heavy, the distribution efficiency is poor, and a large amount of water is used, which has a large impact on the environment.
The new container is used once and then recycled for use, so it no longer needs to be sturdy and weighs one-tenth of the conventional weight. It can be expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions during truck transportation . By collecting the containers, I aim to prevent them from being burned as garbage or dumped and flowing into the sea.