• Stop offering straws (if you must offer them, compostable ones are available);  

• Buy vegetables and fruit that are loose and not wrapped in plastic;  

• Avoid the use of plastic film; 

• Offer takeaway food in paper bags, rather than plastic; 

• Use compostable takeaway containers; 

• Use wood or bamboo rather than plastic spoons, forks and knives; 

• Sell drinks in glass rather than plastic bottles; 

• Refill the customer’s own drinking cup; 

• Stop adding recyclable waste to your general waste. Make sure you recycle all the waste that you can; 

• Recycle clean items by rinsing them and removing as much food as you can; 

• Give one, rather than a handful of napkins. 

For more information please see: 

• Love food hate waste  
• Friends of the Earth