A number of Toulouse takeaway restaurants are participating in a scheme using glass containers for your midday meal. A refundable deposit of 5 euros is added to the bill and the containers are supplied by a start-up company, who also pick them up and wash them.
The idea is that with re-usable containers some of the thousands of plastic and cardboard boxes would no longer need to be collected and recycled. It is estimated that about 10000 such containers generate 3 tonnes of rubbish each day in Toulouse.
The scheme's promoters hope more restaurants will sign up to make a significant impact on the city's rubbish.
