A group of 15 crew members from six McDonald’s restaurants in Plymouth recently teamed up to clean up the area around the embankment and the River Plym Estuary.
An impressive 22 bags of litter were collected as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean campaign.
The volunteers, who walked a total of four miles during the litter pick, were split into smaller groups and ensured social distancing rules were followed. All volunteers wore their own PPE and facemasks and all equipment was sanitised before and after the event.
McDonald’s franchisee David Wynne, who owns and operates three restaurants in the local area, said:
“Like so many fellow community residents, I am a huge admirer of the River Plym and the beauty that surrounds it.
“I’m really proud of my team for giving up their time and efforts to do their bit for our neighbours. McDonald’s is committed to fighting litter in our local communities and we are really happy with the difference we made.”
McDonald’s crew members have been cleaning up litter dropped in our local communities for over 35 years. Crews across the UK cover a total of 5,000 miles each week on litter patrols – where they collect litter from any origin, not just their own.
This equates to 260,000 miles, or the distance from the earth to the moon. McDonald’s is tackling litter in local communities, both by litter picking and reducing the amount of waste its restaurants produce. The brand has been working to make recycling easier over the past four years, and since 2015 has installed over 1,100 new recycling units, meaning it’s easier to separate plastics and cups for recycling in 85% of its restaurants.
McDonald’s also collects used oil from its kitchens and turns this into enough biodiesel to fuel more than half of its delivery fleet.
