McDonald’s UK & Ireland is to switch from plastic to cardboard containers for its salads, and is to abandon the use of plastic lids for its McFlurry products. McDonald’s UK & Ireland estimates the new salad packaging will mitigate the use of 102 metric tonnes of plastic annually. The new salad containers, which will be made from 50% recycled and 36% virgin content, will be produced from certified renewable sources and introduced next week . The containers will mitigate the use of 383 MT of plastic per year. The McFlurry lids will be replaced by September , in a move that ought to further reduce the company’s plastic waste footprint by 102 MT September .
McDonald’s UK & Ireland is to switch from plastic to cardboard containers for its salads, and is to abandon the use of plastic lids for its McFlurry products. The new salad containers, which will be made from 50% recycled and 36% virgin content, will be produced from certified renewable sources and introduced next week . The containers will mitigate the use of 383 MT of plastic per year. The McFlurry lids will be replaced by September , in a move that ought to further reduce the company’s plastic waste footprint by 102 MT September .