東京の杉並区「全部食べられなかったら持って帰りましょう」

Suginami Ward, Tokyo: ”If you can’t eat everything, just take it home.”

Suginami Ward, Tokyo: ”If you can’t eat everything, just take it home.”
東京の杉並区は、食堂やレストランで全部食べることができなくて残った食べ物を、客に持って帰ってもらうようにしています

Tokyo’s Suginami Ward is asking customers to take home any leftover meals they can’t eat at cafeterias or restaurants.

Tokyo’s Suginami Ward is asking customers to take home any leftover meals they can’t eat at cafeterias or restaurants.
杉並区にある61の店で10月から始めました

Started in October at 61 stores in Suginami Ward

Started in October at 61 stores in Suginami Ward
残った
食べ物を
捨てないようにして、
燃やすごみを
少なくするためです

This is to avoid throwing away leftover food and reduce the amount of garbage that is burned.

This is to avoid throwing away leftover food and reduce the amount of garbage that is burned.

And we want to reduce the amount of gases that raise global temperatures.

And we want to reduce the amount of gases that raise global temperatures.
残った食べ物は、店に用意してある箱に入れて持って帰ります

Put the leftover food in the box provided at the store and take it home.

Put the leftover food in the box provided at the store and take it home.
杉並区は、1つの店に30個の箱を渡しました

Suginami Ward handed over 30 boxes to one store

Suginami Ward handed over 30 boxes to one store
来年になったら、どのくらい箱を使ったか調べます

We’ll check how much boxes we used next year.

We’ll check how much boxes we used next year.
来年は、箱を置く店を100ぐらいに多くしたいと考えています

Next year, we hope to increase the number of stores that have boxes to around 100.

Next year, we hope to increase the number of stores that have boxes to around 100.
杉並区は「ごみを集めること、運ぶこと、燃やすことは大変です

Suginami Ward says, ``Collecting, transporting, and burning garbage is difficult.

Suginami Ward says, ``Collecting, transporting, and burning garbage is difficult.
食べ物を
持って
帰る人が少しずつ
増えて、
地球の
気温を
上げないことに
役に立つといいと
思います」と
話しています

I hope that the number of people who take food home will gradually increase and this will help prevent the global temperature from rising.”

I hope that the number of people who take food home will gradually increase and this will help prevent the global temperature from rising.”