Packaging & Circularity
At Yum!, we believe in taking a more circular approach when it comes to sustainable packaging and waste reduction. We’re committed to sustainable sourcing while focusing on reducing and mindfully reusing or recycling the waste generated at our restaurants. Reducing waste from packaging, as well as operational waste including corrugated board, food and used cooking oil, are both material issues for our business. Yum! and our brands are working to transition existing packaging as needed and developing new packaging solutions that can be diverted from landfills through recycling or composting.
How We’re Improving Packaging at Every Step
To help shape and strengthen our packaging and waste reduction strategy, we engage with suppliers, franchisees, governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other partners to address key focus areas. Additionally, we are members of the NextGen Consortium, a multiyear consortium that addresses single-use food packaging waste globally. As a supporting partner, we collaborate with other companies to help advance foodservice packaging solutions that are recoverable across global infrastructures. This partnership plays an important role in our overall sustainable packaging strategy by bringing forward innovative and enabling collaboration across the foodservice industry.
At Yum!, we are committed to the reduction of food waste. We are a member of the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions, a group of organizations across the food value chain that have committed to reducing food loss and waste in their U.S. operations by 2030. Most of the food waste we divert is donated to nonprofits through the Harvest program.
