McDonald\u2019s announces goals to improve its packaging and help significantly reduce waste to positively impact the communities the company serves around the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
By 2025, 100 percent of McDonald\u2019s guest packaging will come from renewable, recycled, or certified sources with a preference for Forest Stewardship Council certification. Also by 2025, the company has set a goal to recycle guest packaging in 100 percent of McDonald\u2019s restaurants. McDonald\u2019s understands that recycling infrastructure, regulations and consumer behaviours vary city to city and country to country around the world, but it plans to be part of the solution and help influence powerful change.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
This expands upon McDonald\u2019s existing goal that by 2020, 100% of fibre-based packaging will come from recycled or certified sources where no deforestation occurs.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the world\u2019s largest restaurant company, we have a responsibility to use our scale for good to make changes that will have a meaningful impact across the globe,\u201d said Francesca DeBiase, McDonald\u2019s Chief Supply Chain and Sustainability Officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur customers have told us that packaging waste is the top environmental issue they would like us to address. Our ambition is to make changes our customers want and to use less packaging, sourced responsibly and designed to be taken care of after use, working at and beyond our restaurants to increase recycling and help create cleaner communities.\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To reach these goals, McDonald\u2019s will work with leading industry experts, local governments and environmental associations, to improve packaging and recycling practices. Together they will work to drive smarter packaging designs, implement new recycling programs, establish new measurement programs and educate restaurant crew and customers.<\/p>\n
Tom Murray, Vice President of EDF+Business at Environmental Defense Fund said, \u201cNearly three decades ago, McDonald\u2019s and EDF teamed up to tackle solid waste and accelerate innovation in packaging.\u00a0 Along the way, we pioneered a new partnership model for companies and nonprofit organizations. Today, McDonald\u2019s continues to raise the sustainability bar by setting ambitious goals and collaborating with partners across the value chain for maximum impact.”<\/p>\n
\u201cMcDonald\u2019s global preference for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified materials demonstrates their far-reaching commitment to source packaging that benefits people and forests around the world,\u201d said Kim Carstensen, director general of the Forest Stewardship Council. \u201cThe partnership between McDonald\u2019s and FSC \u2013 the world\u2019s most trusted certification of forests and forest products \u2013 also creates a uniquely powerful opportunity for McDonald\u2019s to engage customers about simple ways to protect forests,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Sheila Bonini, Senior Vice President, Private Sector Engagement, World Wildlife Fund, said, \u201cSmarter waste management begins with improved sourcing, increased value chain collaboration and better communication with customers. Today\u2019s announcement demonstrates McDonald\u2019s strong leadership in developing packaging and recycling solutions at a scale that can extend the life of our natural resources and push its industry toward more sustainable practices.\u201d<\/p>\n
McDonald\u2019s first began its focus on sustainable packaging nearly 25 years ago with the establishment of the ground-breaking partnership with EDF. The initiative eliminated more than 300 million pounds of packaging, recycled 1 million tons of corrugated boxes and reduced waste by 30 percent in the decade following the partnership. In 2014, the company joined WWF\u2019s Global Forest & Trade Network program and set its fibre sourcing targets, including FSC preference for packaging made from wood fibre.<\/p>\n
Currently, 50 percent of McDonald\u2019s customer packaging comes from renewable, recycled or certified sources and 64 percent of fibre-based packaging comes from certified or recycled sources. Also, an estimated 10 percent of McDonald\u2019s restaurants globally are recycling customer packaging.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to doing more and continuing to raise the bar on what it means to be a responsible company committed to people and the planet,\u201d DeBiase said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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