Food delivery apps are drowning China in plastic | World News, The Indian Express

Food delivery apps are drowning China in plastic | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Beijing |Updated: May 28, 2019 1:03:49 pm

Food delivery apps are drowning China in plastic

The astronomical growth of food delivery apps in China is flooding the country with takeout containers, utensils and bags. And the country’s patchy recycling system isn’t keeping up.

At rush hour, delivery services leave takeout orders in the lobbies of office buildings to save time, in Beijing, May 5, 2019. The astronomical growth of food delivery apps is flooding China with takeout containers, utensils and bags, but the country’s patchy recycling system isn’t keeping up. (Na Zhou/The New York Times)

Written by Raymond Zhong and Carolyn Zhang