SEATTLE -- Starting this morning, you will see some major changes at your favorite place to eat. A new Seattle city ordinance goes into effect requiring all restaurants to use recyclable and compostable containers.
From now on everything that holds food or drink in Seattle restaurants will no longer go the landfill. It's an ambitious environmental friendly program that also depends on customers doing their part.
The new city ordinance requires all single use throw away food packaging to be compostable or recyclable, starting July 1st. You probably won't notice much, other than that the plates and bowls are more of a tan color and not Styrofoam any longer.
After you're done eating, that's when consumers' role comes in. It's the customers' responsibility to throw the products in to clearly marked bins, showing you which trash goes where.
By doing this, Seattle restaurants will help prevent up to 6,000 tons of trash and leftover food from heading to the land fill every year.
Those restaurants that don't comply with this new ordinance - which includes every place from taco trucks to left over containers at fancy restaurants - can be fined up to $250.
So you while may still feel guilty about eating that fast food meal, you can at least feel good that you're helping the environment.
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