*From Bloomberg reporters Kevin Whitelaw and Ewa Krukowska:*
Fast-food companies are pushing back against European Union proposals to require all restaurants to use reusable materials for serving dine—in customers, warning that early experiences with reuse aren’t promising.
McDonald’s said that after spending years reducing the use of environmentally harmful plastics in its restaurants by focusing on recycling and recyclable packaging, the EU plan would amount to a reversal.
“We’ve basically eliminated plastic from our restaurants,” Jon Banner, the global chief impact officer for McDonald’s, said in a recent interview. “Now, as a result of reuse, we’re going to have to end up reintroducing plastic to our restaurants with the goal of having it be reused and reused and reused.”
I wouldn’t cry if all the chains retreated back to where they came from.
Reusable packaging takes more energy and raw materials to make and people will still throw it away. This mandate would be even worse for the environment than the status quo.
The amount of theft of those reusable packing was off the chart when they strated that in France…
Booo! -1 customer for you, McDonald’s.
Hey that’s my local Mcdonalds in the thumbnail. I feel so validated.
But yeah one way is to make the packaging have a deposit. Some will still be thrown away but a lot of it will be returned. The downside is that these reusable things will be made from plastic rather then cardboard and paper. So not sure if there will be a net benefit.
Das wird dem Nehammer nicht gefallen…
New cola with a paper lid is something on a new level(down).
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*From Bloomberg reporters Kevin Whitelaw and Ewa Krukowska:*
Fast-food companies are pushing back against European Union proposals to require all restaurants to use reusable materials for serving dine—in customers, warning that early experiences with reuse aren’t promising.
McDonald’s said that after spending years reducing the use of environmentally harmful plastics in its restaurants by focusing on recycling and recyclable packaging, the EU plan would amount to a reversal.
“We’ve basically eliminated plastic from our restaurants,” Jon Banner, the global chief impact officer for McDonald’s, said in a recent interview. “Now, as a result of reuse, we’re going to have to end up reintroducing plastic to our restaurants with the goal of having it be reused and reused and reused.”
I wouldn’t cry if all the chains retreated back to where they came from.
Reusable packaging takes more energy and raw materials to make and people will still throw it away. This mandate would be even worse for the environment than the status quo.
The amount of theft of those reusable packing was off the chart when they strated that in France…
Booo! -1 customer for you, McDonald’s.
Hey that’s my local Mcdonalds in the thumbnail. I feel so validated.
But yeah one way is to make the packaging have a deposit. Some will still be thrown away but a lot of it will be returned. The downside is that these reusable things will be made from plastic rather then cardboard and paper. So not sure if there will be a net benefit.
Das wird dem Nehammer nicht gefallen…
New cola with a paper lid is something on a new level(down).