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McDonald's waste makes up largest part of fast food litter
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by Barbara Mathieson | January 13, 2009 at 05:21 am
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Wrappers and cups from McDonald’s meals make up nearly a third of fast food litter on Britain’s streets, according to a survey. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent
Last Updated: 12:43PM GMT 13 Jan 2009
Keep Britain Tidy looked at litter in 10 cities over two days in the first attempt to discover which brand names were most commonly discarded.
Fast food litter was second to cigarette ends in littering the country’s streets and 29 per cent of that was from McDonald’s restaurants, followed by boxes and cups from unbranded kebab and fast food shops. Greggs the bakers generated almost a fifth of the fast food litter, followed by Kentucky Fried Chicken, Subway and a number of coffee brands.
I discovered the same thing in the United States last January as recorded on my blog, The Earth Is Not a Trash Can.
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Barbara Mathieson
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at 06:51 on January 13th, 2009
Wile this is partially true, it is not McDonalad's problem rather the consumers demand for this sort of food and packaging. Should the Consumer want to this to change, McDonald's would meet consumer demands in heard beat.
at 11:54 on January 13th, 2009
I'm not surprised at all but it is still up to the consumer to change their ways as well.