环保组织因环境污染起诉外卖三巨头

A court in Beijing has agreed to file a case brought by an environmental Protection non-governmental organization (NGO) against China's three major takeout meal-delivery platforms.

一家环保非政府组织起诉我国三大外卖送餐平台，北京一家法院近日已经同意立案。

The Green Volunteer League of Chongqing is suing Beijing Xiaodu Information Technology, operator of Baidu's food delivery app Baidu Takeout, along with the Shanghai Rajax Information Technology, operator of Alibaba-backed delivery platform , and Beijing Sankuai Technology, operator of Meituan Waimai, for causing environmental pollution.

重庆市绿色志愿者联合会起诉北京小度信息科技有限公司、上海拉扎斯信息科技有限公司、北京三快科技有限公司造成环境污染。这三家公司分别是百度食品配送应用百度外卖、阿里巴巴支持的配送平台饿了么以及美团外卖的运营主体。

The organization claims the disposable packaging used by the three companies created a huge amount of waste and was damaging to ecological systems.

该组织称，这三家公司使用的一次性包装造成了巨大的浪费并破坏了生态系统。

The companies didn't require customers to specify the type of dishware their meals were packaged in, and disposable options were the default setting, which the NGO considered to be a defect in their business practices.

这些公司未要求顾客指定外卖包装所用的餐具类型且一次性餐具选项是默认设置，该组织认为这属于经营模式缺陷。

The lawsuit was accepted by the No 4 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing.

北京第四中级人民法院已受理这起诉讼案。

The case notifications have also been sent to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection and the Beijing Administration of Industry and Commerce, the court said.

该法院表示，这起案件的通报也已发送至北京市环保局和北京市工商行政管理局。