McDonalds a new green venture

galanthus · #1 (**permalink**) 19-09-2007, 09:03 PM

Well, not so long ago I posted a thread about McDonalds using chip type oil to run vehicles, now this .....

McDonald's waste to power buildings - Go Green - AOL Lifestyle

Looks like a good step to me

Jez · #2 (**permalink**) 19-09-2007, 09:43 PM

Well you can't say there dragging there feet!

pressld2 · #3 (**permalink**) 19-09-2007, 10:31 PM

Ten out of ten for effort. This also demonstrates the power that we as consumers have to affect the way that companies like McDonald's behave. They only started taking environmental issue seriously after sustained campaigns to raise awareness of the damage done by their intensive cattle farming practices in central and south America.

Dave P.

zharca · #4 (**permalink**) 20-09-2007, 03:25 PM

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....will be powered by rubbish from McDonald's restaurants....

Aren't they called hamburgers?

nightshade · #5 (**permalink**) 20-09-2007, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by zharca

Aren't they called hamburgers?

ROFL

Meles meles · #6 (**permalink**) 20-09-2007, 03:42 PM

The amount of paper and cardboard they waste as an international company, Im sure it could produce enough heat for a towns annual needs.
Its good to see that they are in a trial stage for other economical advances.

Ten out of ten for efforts though, shame they cant improve their food.

ron1863 · #7 (**permalink**) 31-10-2007, 02:40 PM

They should issue rifles at the drive-through to shoot the seagulls and rats that appear at every McDonalds. People throwing scraps and paper cartons out of the car windows only encourage them. Check around the walls of McDonalds (at ground level), bet there are several green or black boxes with holes at each end - rodent traps.
I live around 30 miles from the coast yet the seagull is the most common bird I see. Most of the gulls around here would get seasick if they saw water and our local council now employ a man to shoot the eggs, which they lay on nests on top of buildings in towns throughout the area.

peppermint · #8 (**permalink**) 31-10-2007, 02:45 PM

well, i like the idea. Shame they cant do anything about the rubbish they are shoving down the throats of millions who eat there!!

CurreHound · #9 (**permalink**) 31-10-2007, 03:20 PM

When macdonalds are selling themselves using the green ticket you now its a marketing con.
Seen the state on Pargue lately? It isnt just rubbish food its also the visual pollution of the golden arches. But the Brits are in there stuffing their faces drunk on stag nights instead of supporting a decent Czech establishment selling local roast duck goulash or Rabbit.

honeybee · #10 (**permalink**) 31-10-2007, 08:51 PM

They're still Scumbags. They should be cutting down on all the waste in the first place.
They use poor old worn out dairy cows for their McMurder burgers.

Zygiella · #11 (**permalink**) 01-11-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ron1863

They should issue rifles at the drive-through to shoot the seagulls and rats that appear at every McDonalds. People throwing scraps and paper cartons out of the car windows only encourage them. Check around the walls of McDonalds (at ground level), bet there are several green or black boxes with holes at each end - rodent traps.
I live around 30 miles from the coast yet the seagull is the most common bird I see. Most of the gulls around here would get seasick if they saw water and our local council now employ a man to shoot the eggs, which they lay on nests on top of buildings in towns throughout the area.

Why not issue rifles at the drive-through to shoot the chav scumbags who lob litter everywhere??

'Macdonalds - la la la la - Im lovin' it' BANG!!!!!

The only green thing about Macdonalds is the apology for lettuce they put in the plastic trash they pass off as food - and the waste-of-space chavs cant get enough of it - thats why they're all undernourished, overweight and have bad teeth.

People who care about 'green issues' dont go to 'Chavdonalds' - unless driven by desperate necessity for the loo or a hot drink when all else is closed!

The ones who do patronise it frequently dont give a toss about the environment - if they did they might start by not dumping their rubbish in bushes, in the carpark and everywhere BUT the bins

Macdonalds dont care about anything Green - they only care about their profits and their 'image' - ' la la la la....theyre SHOVIN' it!'

honeybee · #12 (**permalink**) 01-11-2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Zygiella

Why not issue rifles at the drive-through to shoot the chav scumbags who lob litter everywhere??

'Macdonalds - la la la la - Im lovin' it' BANG!!!!!

The only green thing about Macdonalds is the apology for lettuce they put in the plastic trash they pass off as food - and the waste-of-space chavs cant get enough of it - thats why they're all undernourished, overweight and have bad teeth.

People who care about 'green issues' dont go to 'Chavdonalds' - unless driven by desperate necessity for the loo or a hot drink when all else is closed!

The ones who do patronise it frequently dont give a toss about the environment - if they did they might start by not dumping their rubbish in bushes, in the carpark and everywhere BUT the bins

Macdonalds dont care about anything Green - they only care about their profits and their 'image' - ' la la la la....theyre SHOVIN' it!'

Sounds like all McDonalds car parks are the same. Does just go to show what sort of people regularly frequent the place.

Paul mabbott · #13 (**permalink**) 01-11-2007, 07:09 PM

That's a bit harsh on the seagulls, indeed the rats ... well, perhaps the human rats could be treated that way! I see signs to a "drive through" McDonalds which always makes me think, "Can we hire a tank?".

However, as someone said, FcDonalds grab people at an early age and the children are addicted to the adverts and therefore the grunge ... I do really think that there should be a total ban on advertising during TV programmes aimed at children. No hope, though ....

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Originally Posted by ron1863

They should issue rifles at the drive-through to shoot the seagulls and rats that appear at every McDonalds. People throwing scraps and paper cartons out of the car windows only encourage them. Check around the walls of McDonalds (at ground level), bet there are several green or black boxes with holes at each end - rodent traps.
I live around 30 miles from the coast yet the seagull is the most common bird I see. Most of the gulls around here would get seasick if they saw water and our local council now employ a man to shoot the eggs, which they lay on nests on top of buildings in towns throughout the area.

naturelover · #14 (**permalink**) 01-11-2007, 07:16 PM

i would never go there myself as twice my hubby had a burger and was up most of the night vommiting.

Paul mabbott · #15 (**permalink**) 01-11-2007, 07:31 PM

Interesting. My youngest son has only ever been there once - a birthday party when he was very young (why do parents think that taking a gang of kids to a McD could be fun?). He had a vegeburger but when he cut into it a green gunge oozed out. He threw up on the spot (and the table) ... which amused me but, fortunately, he was never invited to a similar party again!

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Originally Posted by naturelover

i would never go there myself as twice my hubby had a burger and was up most of the night vommiting.

honeybee · #16 (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Interesting. My youngest son has only ever been there once - a birthday party when he was very young (why do parents think that taking a gang of kids to a McD could be fun?). He had a vegeburger but when he cut into it a green gunge oozed out. He threw up on the spot (and the table) ... which amused me but, fortunately, he was never invited to a similar party again!

I remember going to a McDonalds party (how awful) when I was a kid and i couldn't eat one thing as not even the chips were veggie!