“Golden Vulture”: McDonald’s awarded insult award for most brazen environmental lie

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DUH explained on Tuesday that McDonald’s advertises that it recycles its own waste and thus contributes to the conservation of resources, but in fact only part of the waste collected is reused. The association called for a “radical change of course” from the fast food giant.

Only a third is recycled

McDonald’s advertises turning used cups into Happy Meal books in its “I’m beautiful” campaign. In fact, according to DUH, only a third of the disposable cups used in Germany are used for this purpose. “Also, only 40 percent of Happy Meal books are made from recycled cup material. “McDonald’s uses new fiber for the remaining 60 percent,” DUH explained.

“McDonald’s very much deserves the Golden Condor award for claiming that litter is beautiful and producing more and more single-use packaging waste that is completely unnecessary,” added Federal Chief Executive Barbara Metz. Nearly 20,000 people voted online, and McDonald’s received almost 27 percent of the vote.

Costa Cruises promotes sustainable cruises

In second place was cruise operator Costa Cruises, which claimed to offer sustainable cruises with its “Costa Smeralda” ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). DUH announced that LNG is also harmful to the climate. On the other hand, Costa Cruises has only two ships that can be filled with LNG, and they are working again with marine gas oil due to rising prices since the beginning of the year.

Lidl came third with plastic bottles

Food discounter Lidl ranked third. Millions of dollars have been advertised for months for single-use plastic bottles in CO.₂– Relatively better than glass and PET reusable materials. According to DUH, Lidl compares its disposable system with up to a decade of average data from the reusable sector. Environmentalists have declared that even in this comparison, reusable bottles outperform Lidl’s recycled plastic bottles.

DUH called on all nominated companies to change their company policies and switch to truly sustainable products and processes. In the case of McDonald’s, a “radical change of course” is required. The chain must rely on consistently reusable products for on-site consumption. In France this is already the rule due to legal requirements; “But in German branches you can find almost exclusively disposable products,” complained Barbara Metz. (AFP)

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