A great eco friendly move by South and West India McDonald's
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (45472)
India
June 23, 2018 2:51am CST
Big eco friendly moves, if they especially come from a big chain is always welcome.
In this respect, the McDonald's restaurant chains in South and West India have switched from plastic spoons and other cutlery to wooden ones. Straws are now acquired which are from recycled products.
This will help them reduce the ecological cost obtained by their operations.
I hope that other restaurants to follow this example and reduce the plastic waste generation.
Source : Today's Hindustan Times print edition and image taken from newspaper.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
23 Jun 18
@Icydoll yes indeed !
@Jessabuma yes I hope so !
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@LadyDuck (458173)
• Switzerland
23 Jun 18
@Icydoll Why not to use ceramic dishes and normal spoons and knives and wash them? The wood is good, but so we will cut even more trees and this is not a solution to the climate problem. We need to plant more trees, not to cut them for the fast food chains.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
23 Jun 18
Plastic tableware, especially disposable ones, do cause a lot of pollution. It's good to have wooden tableware.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
23 Jun 18
@LadyDuck the only issue is that switching to alternatives takes time.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
23 Jun 18
@LadyDuck the problem in India is that the number of customers is so high that the staff working on washing ceramic dishes will do it so fast as to break it or otherwise charge more.
Let us see how things actually work on ground.
I am in North India and this move has not been implemented in North and probably East so far.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
23 Jun 18
Yes I hope the alternative works well and is better than the system which was prevalent till now.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
23 Jun 18
That's great indeed.. I am hoping that other restaurants will do the same thing.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
23 Jun 18
Yes I hope so @Jessabuma
Yes indeed @TRBRocks420
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