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The last straw

During the 1980s , McDonald ' s The restaurant had a rude was everywhere – quite literally . awakening when documentary As its discarded , unmistakably filmmaker Morgan Spurlock branded packaging became showed cinema goers what a blight on cities , and even would happen if you ate in countryside locations , the McDonald ’ s for a month . company decided to act . Across Although some regarded it the UK , since 1982 , it has been as extreme , McDonald ' s has collecting litter near restaurants . since introduced an extensive Organised patrols and clean-up range of salads and fruit in events cover 150,000 miles Happy Meals and become the every year . Similar initiatives only franchise to display all now happen throughout ingredients , calorie data and the world . nutritional information .

With responsibly sourced beef and sustainable fish already at the top of its agenda , since 2015 , McDonald ’ s has installed recycling units in thousands of restaurants . Several restaurants also have 100 % LED lighting , with 120,000 installed across the UK . It also announced in 2018 that plastic drinking straws were history , while Happy Meals would no longer contain plastic tat . Rejoice !

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