Burger King Announces Global Ban of Forever Chemicals in Food Packaging Paper Bowl

Restaurant Brands International (RBI) announced that it will ban toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in Food Packaging Paper Bowl globally by 2025. RBI—which owns Burger King, Popeyes, and Tim Hortons—is one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant companies with 27,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries.

RBI’s announcement follows a multi-year campaign to phase out PFAS from retail Food Packaging Paper Bowl, led by Toxic-Free Future. Their actions come nearly one year after restaurant competitors made similar commitments, including McDonald’s and Wendy’s following Toxic-Free Future’s 2018 and 2020 reports testing Food Packaging Paper Bowl materials, including wrappers from Burger King.

Your food shouldn’t come with a side order of forever chemicals when you pick up takeout at your favorite restaurant. We hope today’s announcement will prompt other fast-food chains to make a commitment to protect public health and end the use of dangerous PFAS chemicals in their Food Packaging Paper Bowl.