You Can't Please Everyone.

[teacake44]

On last nights news it appears that Burger king and Mcdonlds have agreed to stop giving away plastic toys to try and help reduce plastic waste. World wide this runs into tons and tons of plastic waste, now love them or hate them, to get two massive companies like this to make a start as got to be good news, however I couldn't believe the interviewer when he asked if this was enough when interviewing a director of one of the companies.

[ummmm]

We have a new McDonalds near schools and a nature reserve. McDonalds agreed to put extra bins in the area but it's still full of litter and local residents are doing the pickups.

[teacake44]

15.23 retro, stop eating the cartons :0)

[ummmm]

Or just stop eating things that make you sick!

[retrocop]

//Or just stop eating things that make you sick!//

I do stop. I only give one chance.

[ummmm]

I like a McDonalds. I can't remember the last time I had one though.

[teacake44]

Can't say I'm mad about them, but I have had one now and again to fill a cap when out and about, but I do prefer hot-ish food, there's always seems to be cold. But I must say that news last night was pleasing for a change.

[Tilly2]

...and well done to those two little girls who spearheaded a campaign against give away plastic toys

[Mamyalynne]

Absolutely Tilly, listen to the young.

[spathiphyllum]

If you ask for fresh chips or burgers or nuggets they have to comply. But who says.. "Can i have a fresh cheeseburger" you simply assume they're all fresh. Fact is they do it like greggs.. few at a time few at a time till they run out and need to cook per order. Even inbetween that they'll do few at a time few at a time.

One way to guarantee fresh fries is to ask for them without salt.

[spathiphyllum]

Another way is to make edits to the burgers such as.. "one extra gherkin or cheese" then they have to modify it, so they have to make it fresh.

[Prudie]

Well I think it's a huge (and brave) positive decision. I dread to think where all the 'happy meal' plastic toys are now that my daughter and her peers collected when young. Probably littering some paradise beach in the Indian Ocean.

[spathiphyllum]

Actually prudie... probably worth about £25 on ebay.

[Mamyalynne]

It would need to be a sought after rarity to bring that much, most are a couple of pounds or so.

[Prudie]

Which would suggest they are rare as most of them have been chucked away....

[teacake44]

16.14 Not so much brave, as one would have not done it on their own unless the other agreed also, this must be the first time ever that these two companies have made a joint decision ( known to the public anyhow) But yes positive like you say.

[Prudie]

Of course one wouldn't have taken such a step alone but I still think it's quite brave - unless times have changed it was the lure of the toy that had my child nagging to eat at McDs, not the food.