http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/mcdonalds-and-greenwashing/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/mcdonalds-and-greenwashing/comment-page-1/#comment-11250 Eco_Chica Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:01:53 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/08/mcdonalds-and-greenwashing/#comment-11250 McDonalds packaging overall is pretty bad for the environment, from the styrofoam sweet tea cups to the packaging for big macs and happy meals. A lot of that packaging is coming from Southern forests. Instead, McDonalds should use more post-consumer recycled paper packaging, stop buying paper from endangered forests, and use paper packaging from FSC sustainably managed forests. <a href="http://www.dogwoodalliance.org/content/view/240/135/" rel="nofollow">Check it out for more info and to take action</a> McDonalds packaging overall is pretty bad for the environment, from the styrofoam sweet tea cups to the packaging for big macs and happy meals. A lot of that packaging is coming from Southern forests. Instead, McDonalds should use more post-consumer recycled paper packaging, stop buying paper from endangered forests, and use paper packaging from FSC sustainably managed forests.
Check it out for more info and to take action

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/mcdonalds-and-greenwashing/comment-page-1/#comment-11249 Clayton Hawkman Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:25:48 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/08/mcdonalds-and-greenwashing/#comment-11249 Remember, "greenwashing" is also about people. Well, so is the triple bottom line thing. "sweat tea" is a soul-food generally associated with the south and with black neighborhoods. It's also really bad for you and goes straight to obesity and diabetes (if you drink it all the time). Frankly McDonalds is just marketing themselves to the less-educated sectors of society and dumping cheap sugar water on them. It's probably corn syrup too. I think that sucks, nevermind the polystyrene. Also - check out the famous 3P blogger-thon about the Happy Meal hummer: <a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/mcdonalds-happy-meals-if-a-hum-002244.php" rel="nofollow">LINK HERE</a> Remember, “greenwashing” is also about people. Well, so is the triple bottom line thing. “sweat tea” is a soul-food generally associated with the south and with black neighborhoods. It’s also really bad for you and goes straight to obesity and diabetes (if you drink it all the time). Frankly McDonalds is just marketing themselves to the less-educated sectors of society and dumping cheap sugar water on them. It’s probably corn syrup too. I think that sucks, nevermind the polystyrene.
Also – check out the famous 3P blogger-thon about the Happy Meal hummer: LINK HERE

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