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  • This fast food chain is saying bye bye to single use plastic straws

    This fast food chain is saying bye bye to single use plastic straws

    YAAASSSS.

    McDonald's is to phase out single-use plastic straws by 2019
    McDonald’s is to phase out single-use plastic straws by 2019

    The world is literally thanking McDonald’s RN.

    The mega-chain McDonald’s has announced that it’s to quit using plastic straws. It currently uses 1.8 million straws every day, according to the BBC – most of which are single use and end up in the trash.

    It is estimated that we use over 8 billion plastic straws in the UK each year and considering there is under 70 million of us in the country – that’s a lot of straw per person.

    The restaurant is to phase out the plastic in all 1361 of its UK and Irish store by 2019. The eventual aim is to make all of McDonald’s packaging sourced from renewable or recycled sources by 2025.

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    The new policy follows on from a successful trial in a few restaurants earlier in 2018. The company said, “Reflecting the broader public debate, our customers told us they wanted to see a move on straws”.

    Environment Secretary Michael Gove called it a “significant contribution” to helping the environment, adding that it was “a fine example to other large businesses”.

    But the change isn’t happening globally. BOOO.

    However, some users, have said that the banning of plastic straws could have unforeseen consequences for people who are disabled, who argue that plastic straws enable people to be able to drink independently, particularly for hot drinks. The eco alternatives either conduct or disintegrate with hot liquids.

  • Have you seen McDonald’s X rated Christmas cups?

    Have you seen McDonald’s X rated Christmas cups?

    So once you see it you can’t unsee it. Is it spreading Christmas cheer or cheeks?

    Apparently, there’s no hidden meaning other than they are  “festive McCafe cups” but someone has doctored their cup to make it looks like a man is spreading his cheeks.

    Sam Sykes, a fantasy author, seemingly altered his McDonald’s coffee cup to add hands to what should be a picture of two mittens to make it look like, well a man spreading his butt cheeks.

    The pictures have gone viral with thousands of people sharing the picture.

    A spokesperson from McDonald’s said,

    “the altered image circulating on social media is the result of someone getting a little cheeky and adding some hand-drawing to a cup.”

    So what did you see first?

  • McDonald’s Staff Member Who Stopped Gay Kiss Will Never Work For Them Again

    A member of staff who stopped a kiss between two men has been sacked and the company say he will never work for them again.

    Speaking to the BBC’s Newsbeat, a spokesperson for the restaurant in Leicester said, “Discrimination of this nature is wholly unacceptable and not, in any way, tolerated by McDonald’s”.

    Matthew Dummigan, 23, was giving another man a “peck on the lips” when he was told to stop what he was doing by a member of staff, a bouncer employed by the chain. Dummigan asked the staff member, whether it would be okay if the kiss had been between a man and woman, “yes” was the bouncer’s reply. However Dummigan didn’t want the man to lose his job, despite the distress and upset the incident had cause, rather he go on equality and diversity training instead. He said, “The main thing I want from this is for the bouncer to be back at work after taking in some training about diversity and equality,”

    Last year a lesbian couple in London were told that they should move away from each other as to not cause offence to other diners after they shown affection towards each other.