Yes, on October 7th, Beijing News reporter learned from McDonald's that Shenzhen McDonald's has stopped providing free tableware, forks, spoons, chopsticks and other tableware since October 5th, and customers have to pay 1.5 yuan extra. Shenzhen McDonald's said that this is a response to the new regulations of the Shenzhen Municipal Government and will continue to pay attention to government policies.

It is understood that the Regulations on the Classified Management of Domestic Waste in Shenzhen came into effect on September 1 this year, which stipulates that catering service providers and catering distribution service providers shall not provide disposable chopsticks, forks, spoons and other tableware to consumers free of charge. Encourage the use of tableware that can be cleaned, disinfected and reused in catering distribution services, and provide recycling services.

According to this regulation, in addition to McDonald's, restaurants in Shenzhen such as KFC and Yoshinoya will launch corresponding countermeasures one after another.

Extended information:

According to the data, China is the country that uses disposable tableware the most, and as we all know, disposable tableware is mostly made of wood and plastic, which will really pollute the ecological environment. The reason why disposable tableware appears is mainly for the sake of food hygiene, but as long as businesses can pay more attention to tableware disinfection, I believe that consumers will not refuse tableware used many times.

generally speaking, the emergence of disposable tableware is mainly because people are not at ease about the tableware disinfection of merchants. Therefore, in order to minimize the use of disposable tableware, the state should pay attention to catering hygiene, so that everyone can really feel at ease.

Moreover, many tableware are made of iron, which is very durable and easy to disinfect. Therefore, we think that the tableware made of wood products should be reduced, which is the real way to protect the environment.

China Net-Shenzhen McDonald's charges 1.5 yuan for disposable tableware.