Proposal:Own dishes at takeaway restaurants
Note: This proposal is cancelled in favor of Proposed features/reusable packaging.
| Own dishes at takeaway restaurants | |
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| Proposal status: | Canceled (inactive) |
| Proposed by: | Flo2154 |
| Tagging: | takeaway:customer_container=* |
| Applies to: |  
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| Definition: | Specifies whether a takeaway restaurant accepts bringing own containers/dishes to reduce packaging waste. |
| Statistics: |
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| Draft started: | 2021-02-06 |
| RFC start: | 2021-02-06 |
Proposal
I propose the new takeaway:customer_container=* tag, with values yes and no.
It should be only tagged on nodes/areas with takeaway=yes/only.
It should also deprecate and replace the (undocumented) takeaway:lunchbox=* tag[1] which has the same meaning[2] but uses a less clear wording.
Rationale
In takeaway restaurants, a lot of waste is produced by packaging. This can be mitigated by asking the restaurant if they accept containers/dishes/bowls that one brings to them to be filled. In my area (near Munich, Germany), surprisingly many do accept it (even now during the Covid-19 pandemic), but not all.
For map consumers, it might be useful to filter out takeaway restaurants that don't accept bringing own dishes.
In OSM, there is no standardized way to record that information. There was a proposal about introducing a general tag for reusable packaging once, but that seems to have went nowhere[3].
Where it is signed or posted on the restaurant's website, we can rely on that information. For places where it is not signed, it is verifiable by asking the staff, e.g. while ordering takeaway food via phone. So it doesn't differ that much from the takeaway=* tag itself: Whether a place actually offers takeaway food is not signed either for many restaurants, so one also has to rely on local knowledge of the place.
Tagging
takeaway:customer_container=* should be only tagged on nodes/areas with takeaway=yes/only.
- takeaway:customer_container=yes if the takeaway restaurant accepts bringing own containers.
- takeaway:customer_container=no if the takeaway restaurant doesn't accept bringing own containers.
Examples
- takeaway:own_dishes=yes: Nodes 8400785973, 1888780495, 1589733131 (should be changed to takeaway:customer_container=yes now)
- takeaway:own_dishes=no: Node 1775070056 (should be changed to takeaway:customer_container=no now)
- Usages of takeaway:lunchbox=* tag: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/13iq
Rendering
The tag should not affect rendering.
Features/Pages affected
- Key:takeaway:customer_container
- Key:takeaway
- Tag:amenity=restaurant
- Tag:amenity=fast food
- Environmental OSM#Waste.2FRecycling
External discussions
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2021-February/059318.html (see also the thread overview, or the thread on Nabble)
Comments
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