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McDonald’s litter picking

Did you know McDonald’s crew members have been cleaning up litter dropped in our local communities for over 35 years!

It may surprise you to hear that McDonald’s crew members across the UK cover a total of 3,000 MILES each week on litter patrols (where they collect litter from any origin, not just their own). This equates to 150,000 miles, or the distance of FOUR marathons per restaurant per year.

McDonald’s are tackling litter not just through picking it up, but also by working to reduce waste produced by its restaurants. They set themselves the target of sending zero waste to landfill by 2023 (and many restaurants actually achieved this in 2017.)

Check out McDonald’s top sustainability credentials from 2018 in numbers…

 

  • In 2018 22,000 tonnes of cardboard were collected for recycling from McDonald’s restaurants and that’s equivalent to saving about 374,000 trees
  • In 2018 McDonald’s recycled 498 tonnes of paper cups, equivalent to over 40 million cups (McDonald’s are also happy for paper cups from any brand to be placed in their recycling bins – not just their own)
  • Since 2015 McDonald’s has installed recycling units in more than 1,000 of its UK restaurants, so it’s easier to separate your paper cups and plastics for recycling, meaning 85% of restaurants now have customer recycling facilities.

  • Just 9% of its customer packaging is made from plastic.

 

McDonald’s regularity do litter picks around its restaurants and it supports the Keep Britain Tidy Spring Clean. Keep Redditch Tidy are delighted that they also support the Keep Redditch Tidy aim.

 

 

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