Cafe de Coral, Fairwood and Maxim’s use 180 million pieces of disposable plastic a year in Hong Kong, Greenpeace study finds
- The three restaurant chains provide seven to 14 pieces of plastic per takeaway meal, adding up to about 100 million disposable items a year
- Another 80 million are used by those eating in
Three Hong Kong fast-food giants between them used 180 million items of disposable plastic for both eat-in and takeaway meals last year, according to a green group.
Cafe de Coral, Fairwood and Maxim’s provided seven to 14 pieces of plastic per takeaway meal, adding up to about 100 million disposable items a year, a Greenpeace study released on Thursday said.
Even eat-in meals such as hotpot and rice came with plastic plates, cups and other single-use cutlery, making another 80 million pieces a year, the study found.
The annual volume of waste created by these three chains alone could cover the distance between Hong Kong and Tokyo nearly 10 times if the items were placed end to end, the group said. This did not take into account plastic waste generated by people dining elsewhere.
