From 1 January 2024, restaurants and other establishments in Sweden that offers their customers food and drinks in disposable cups and food packaging also needs to offer reusable options. We explain what the law entails, what requirements are placed on affected businessess and how you can get reusable take away options for your business.
FROM JANUARY 1, 2024
From January 1, 2024, restaurants, cafés, grocery stores and other food service establishments in Sweden that offer their customers food and drinks in disposable mugs and food containers must also offer reusable options for take away.
The goal of the law is to reduce the consumption of disposable mugs and food containers by 50% by 2026.
The background to the law is the EU's Single-Use Plastics Directive, which was adopted in July 2021 and came into effect in Sweden in January 2022. The goal of the directive is to reduce the amount of plastic in the oceans and move towards a more circular economy. Read more about the EU's Single-Use Plastics Directive.
Source: regeringen.se, November 3, 2021
3 IMPORTANT POINTS
> Restaurants and other food service establishments that sell more than 150 meals or drinks served in disposable take-away packaging need to offer reusable options. If your packaging is made of plastic or has a thin plastic coating on the inside, you are affected by the law."
> The reusable packaging must be used multiple times, i.e. circulate. This requires that the multi-use packaging is included in a rotation system, where collection, cleaning and reuse is possible.
>You need to inform your customers about the opportunity to have their take away served in reusable packaging and the benefits of reduced consumption.
Together with our partner Panter, we can offer a carefully selected range of reusable products for take away, as well as a user-friendly and convenient digital return system for you and your guests throughout the Nordic region.
Want to know more? Get in touch with us, and we'll tell you more.
For those who want to explore further on their own, we have our brochure.
The products are made of polypropylene (PP). They are 100% recyclable, BPA-free and of course without smell and taste and approved for food contact. The products withstand cleaning in the dishwasher, heating in the microwave, and storage in the freezer. They can be easily stacked both on top of each other and withstand acids, salt, fat and oils well. The transparent lid on all food packaging provides the best exposure of the contents.
These products are part of our range:
Our products can circulate around 500 times.
24 coffee cups in one size.
Note: A reasonable estimate is that approximately 5-10% of your guests choose a reusable option.
24 food containers in one size.
Note: A reasonable estimate is that approximately 5-10% of your guests choose a reusable option.
24 coffee cups and 24 food containers in one size.
Note: A reasonable estimate is that approximately 5-10% of your guests choose a reusable option.
When you join our system the following range of informative signs are available:
We have developed educational material in both text and video formats for staff training, ensuring your employees feel confident with the system and can assist your guests as needed. The video can be viewed repeatedly or used for training new hires, temporary staff, during vacations, etc.
Our logistics solution MoveMe is included in our packages. Tingstad handles balance transfers between units or delivery to/from units and Tingstad's central warehouse. This ensures you never run out of products.
We offer a nationwide additional service for the unit that cannot or does not want to handle dishwashing on site.
The service includes collection, washing in an industrial dishwasher and delivery of washed products.
Contact us and we will tell you more about how it works and provide price information.
* Using the products is completely free, as long as they are returned within 7 days. After that, a late fee of SEK 10 is added and 30 days from the start, an additional SEK 90 is deducted before the package is counted as purchased.
Through our partner Panter, you and your guests get a user-friendly digital return system for depositing and lending the packaging and mugs that Tingstad provides.
Panter has many years of experience and a well-proven system used by guests in restaurants, cafes and events.
Our collaboration with Panter means no additional point of contact for you as a customer. You contact us as usual with questions and answers, contact our customer service if necessary and receive an invoice from us for both products and the return system. Simple and flexible!
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For those of you who prefer it, we offer reusable products for take away that you can use in your own rotation system (which you report to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency). Click on each product to read more about the range.
