If you don’t like throwing away plastic foam food containers after eating takeout, then why not bring your own reusable container to the restaurant? It’s a question readers have on their minds. Since we started our Friend or Foam series,
If you don’t like throwing away plastic foam food containers after eating takeout, then why not bring your own reusable container to the restaurant?
It’s a question readers have on their minds. Since we started our Friend or Foam series, several readers have asked us if the Health Department allows customers to bring their own to-go containers to restaurants.
The answer is no. Restaurants can’t take customers’ food containers back into the kitchen. Nor can they let restaurant utensils touch those containers — unless they plan to wash the utensils afterward.
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