Returnable takeout food containers would help the environment. Just don't wash them.

Returnable takeout food containers would help the environment. Just don't wash them.

A scientific analysis of a pilot program used in about a half-dozen restaurants in Ann Arbor found that switching to returnable containers for takeout orders can improve sustainability by reducing energy use, global warming potential, water consumption, waste, and costs.

Tufts Dining reintroduces reusable takeout container program, pauses Dining2GO - The Tufts Daily

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Returnable takeout food containers would help the environment. Just don't wash them.

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Study found that the reusable take-out food containers —which initially use more energy and generate more climate-altering greenhouse gases— can break even with single-use containers after four to 13 uses : r/science

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