In the Czech branches of McDonald’s fast food restaurants, a significant change began to apply in mid-January. Customers no longer receive a plastic cap when ordering a drink. The move, which aims to limit plastic materials, has mixed reactions. However, restaurants will continue to provide lids for dispensed drinks.
From mid-January, customers of the popular fast food chain can be in for a surprise if they order a drink. Newly, the staff will not put a plastic lid on the cup, as was the case before. “By 2025, we plan to replace all plastic packaging with renewable, recycled or certified materials,Lucia Poláčeková, McDonald’s PR manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, explained to TN.cz.
Similar steps have mixed reactions from customers. While some support them for environmental reasons and don’t mind alternatives to plastic, some customers are angry. They are also not satisfied with paper straws, for example, which they find impractical.
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However, the company’s PR manager pointed out that the staff can continue to issue plastic caps to people upon request. The same is now the case when ordering food via a delivery service. “In the case of a takeaway order, hot drinks are still served with a plastic lid, cold drinks with a lid made of pressed paper fiber,” added Poláčeková.
According to knowledge company, the fast food chain should introduce the use of only packaging that is not plastic or is 100% recycled in the next three years.
Some time ago, restaurants stopped serving plastic straws and cutlery in connection with the EU ban on their production and sale, which came into effect on October 1, 2022. Since then, paper straws and wooden cutlery have been used in fast food restaurants. Even before the lids were withdrawn, the company stated on its website that 88 percent of the packaging it uses is made of paper.
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jko, TN.cz
2024-01-21 04:50:00
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