Restaurants may be banned from handing out ketchup packets, napkins under Delaware bill

Restaurant operations and processes could be affected by a bill in Delaware that was just voted out of committee and seeks to crack down on waste in the Diamond State House Bill would prohibit food establishments from providing any single-use food provision items plastic or not unless a customer specifically requests them Restaurants would be forced to forgo giving out utensils napkins and even condiment packets according to the bill s text CHICK-FIL-A SHOOTS DOWN CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT RUMORED STRAW CHANGEAfter three violations food establishments would be subject to civil penalties starting at and a fine of after a fifth violation Restaurants would be allowed to have self-service stations so that patrons could grab their own single-use food provision items according to the bill Maddy Corporen an employee at Cilantro Cocina de Mexico in Rehoboth Beach informed local news outlet WBOC that if the law is passed it might be hard to follow In the summer especially we're so busy we're not thinking super clearly about everything Corporen stated the outlet For more Lifestyle articles visit foxnews com lifestyle While we're setting up a to-go order we might just throw it a utensil or napkin in there and altogether forget about it she added The measure may complicate things for those who place to-go orders through apps like Uber Eats or DoorDash If a customer does not request single-use food institution items through the food delivery app and a restaurant still provides those items the restaurant is subject to penalties CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERNonprofit organizations and schools would be exempt from the new rule A large number of cities and states such as New York City Washington D C Denver Chicago California and Washington have implemented Skip the Stuff rules to date The rules were implemented to crack down on waste and environmental impact by reducing the use of non-biodegradable and non-recyclable materials