Would you say something to someone about this?
I was at the McD’s drive through lane. I noticed a dumpster packed FULL of trash from the store. There were plastic bags full of stuff in there, but there were also a very great many broken down card board boxes. There was nothing on the dumpster that said anything about it being a recycling bin. So that, along with the stuff in the bags, caused me to assume they were throwing a large amount of recyclable materials into the trash.
Should I say something to someone?
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To be fair , it is possible they have single-stream waste removal where everything is separated at a facility automatically. They might even be paying extra for that service.
There’s no harm in going in and asking to speak to the manager about your concern. I wouldn’t go in with all guns blazing until I had some information from a manager but I’m sure you wouldn’t do that either.
What is with the “all guns blazing” thing lately? I don’t work that way unless it’s something damn serious, like the time the school lost my 5 year old son and didn’t know it.
@LuckyGuy Ah. That’s a good thought. I did think it was odd. I mean, a business as huge as that, with the rep they have, there has to be some sort of mandate that they recycle.
^^ Which is why I said you wouldn’t do that.
My town/county does not recycle so that could be a possibility there.
I don’t think you need to say anything as McDonalds has a corporate recycling program in place for locations where it is practical and feasible. Their goal is to see that at least 50% of in store waste is recycled and puts additional efforts to education their customers on the options they have to recycle their waste at home.
Two things I found out I did not know is that only 60% of the US has access to recycling programs and that McDonalds offers used coffee grounds for you to recycle in your home gardens.
No. It isn’t your business whether someone else recycles or not.
Public corporation doesn’t mean it is publicly owned. It means stockholders own the corporation and the stock is for sale to the public. The corporation, just like a solo-owned company owes the public no explanation as to why it handles its garbage as it does, as long as it is within the law of the jurisdiction.
Dutchess. Did you still pay,and consume their products?
McDonald’s is a pretty terrible corporation. (They do have the Ronald McDonald house. )
The effects of their employment strategy, high fat/cholesterol low quality food, and unfortunate convenience are much worse than their recycling habits. The average employees I have ever run across in their ‘restaurants ’ are usually the most incompetent, and clearly unhappy people I’ve ever had the displeasure of interacting with. It’s possible that the location you were at simply had employees that didn’t care about separating the trash from the recycling. It’s also possible that the company says one thing about their desired recycling goals and does another.
I used to work for a grocery store that had a huge plastic bag recycling bin. When full,the manager made me put it all in the trash compressor. He said it was too expensive for the company to store and ship the bags. I was very young then,but even I knew it was fucked up. But I followed orders.
It’s best to simply not contribute money to large corporations. They NEVER care about anything, and all efforts are self serving for them. Any attempted appearance of altruistic behavior is merely a PR move. Usually tax deductible….
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