McDonalds - Environment

Sean Russell

The McDonalds Report

Monday , March 26 2007

McDonalds main areas of ecological infractions are , solid waste management , and electrical conservation practices

According to HYPERLINK "http /www .mcdonalds .com " www .mcdonalds .com McDonalds corp has maintained industry leadership in its environmental practices . Among other practices in their SOP , they have noted

regular litter patrols of the areas around our restaurants

Owner /operators and regional company organizations support local clean-up days with free meals for volunteers and promotional incentives for participation

Also , on the corporate and manufacturing level

, they have

Recycled 2 billion pounds of corrugated cardboard

Purchased more than 3 billion in products made from recycled materials

Eliminated several million pounds of packaging

Goals regarding energy conservation include

Providing owner /operators and restaurant managers with training , advice and tools for assessing electrical energy consumption and savings potentials

Establishing optimal equipment maintenance procedures and schedules

Installing additional energy-efficient equipment in new restaurants and during renovations

Testing innovative equipment that may produce further electrical energy savings through new technologies

Developing an electrical energy use tracking and benchmarking system for our company-operated restaurants . This will help measure progress toward our energy reduction goal

It is worth mentioning , as can be seen in this picture of a suburban McDonald 's creating a disturbance for their neighbors while expending far more energy than is necessary , that McDonald 's franchise structure sometimes makes it difficult for the company to enforce their dedication and goals

Situations such as this have drawn concern by government agencies that the vigor with which McDonald 's claims to enforce their energy and other environmental policies may be more show than business

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