@ fwrento I want to mention another point that I don't think anyone has brought up... that's the amount of rubbish you're likely to create relying so much on take-out.
Our landfills are almost full, and we don't really have any space (duh), and our rubbish doesn't go to China, and our recycling system is lacking (and even if it weren't there's a lot of other issues with plastic no one wants, often devastating other poor areas). Take a look at any (non-gazetted) beach in Hong Kong, and it's pretty shocking how much rubbish you see, a lot of which is take-away food packaging. I don't think there's any pure sand anywhere in Hong Kong (or even around the world), because if you look carefully you'll inevitably find small bits of plastic.
Thankfully, because we don't have very strict hygiene standards here, I find most places are willing to let you bring your own container (but not now during the pandemic ). And if you're able to sit down, most restaurants do serve up very quickly, so it's not very inconvenient to just take a few minutes and eat with real dishes that someone else cleans. I think the government is slowly ramping up their recycling schemes, but once plastic exists it's basically there forever...
Anyway, I just want to put that point out there for consideration. Obviously, I hope more people are mindful and start to notice just how devastating all our plastic waste has been, everywhere around the earth, and particularly in HK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAko1pWH3pU