E hoʻāʻo ʻo McDonald i nā kīʻaha plastik i hana ʻia mai nā mea hana hou a me nā mea bio-based.

E hana pū ʻo McDonald me kāna mau hoa ʻo INEOS, LyondellBasell, a me ka polymer renewable feedstock solutions provider Neste, a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ʻAmelika meaʻai a me ka mea hoʻolako meaʻai mea inu ʻo Pactiv Evergreen, e hoʻohana i kahi ala kaulike e hana ai i ka Recycled solutions, hana hoʻāʻo o nā kīʻaha plastik maʻemaʻe. mai ka plastic post-consumer a me nā mea bio-based e like me ka aila kuke i hoʻohana ʻia.

Wahi a McDonald's, he 50:50 ka hui ʻana o ke kīʻaha plastik maʻemaʻe o ka mea kūʻai mai ka mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea bio-based. Hoʻomaopopo ka hui i nā mea bio-based e like me nā mea i loaʻa mai ka biomass, e like me nā mea kanu, a me nā aila kuke i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻokomo ʻia i kēia ʻāpana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo McDonald's e hui pū ʻia nā mea hana e hana i nā kīʻaha ma o ke ʻano kaulike nui, e hiki ai iā ia ke ana a nānā i nā hoʻokomo o nā mea hana hou a me nā mea bio-based i hoʻohana ʻia i ke kaʻina hana, ʻoiai pū kekahi me nā kumu wahie fossil.

Loaʻa nā kīʻaha hou ma 28 mau hale ʻaina McDonald i koho ʻia ma Georgia, USA. No nā mea kūʻai kūloko, ʻōlelo ʻo McDonald's e hiki ke holoi ʻia nā kīʻaha a waiho ʻia i loko o kahi pahu hana hou. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia nā poʻi a me nā mauʻu i hele mai me nā kīʻaha hou. Nā kīʻaha i hana hou ʻia, e hana hou ana i nā mea kūʻai aku no nā mea ʻē aʻe.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo McDonald's ua aneane like nā kīʻaha hou me nā kīʻaha o ka hui. ʻAʻole paha e ʻike nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā kīʻaha McDonald mua a me nā kīʻaha hou.

Manaʻo ʻo McDonald e hōʻike ma o nā hoʻāʻo ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā hui hale ʻaina nui loa o ka honua, makemake ʻo McDonald's e hoʻokomo a kākoʻo i ka hana ʻana i nā mea bio-based a recyclable. Eia hou, ke hana nei ka ʻoihana e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hiki o nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia i ke kīʻaha ma kahi ākea ākea.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mike Nagle, Luna Hoʻokele o INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA: "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou e pono ke ʻano o ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā mea hoʻopihapiha e like me ka hiki. Me kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, kōkua mākou iā lākou e hoʻokō i kā lākou kūpaʻa ma kēia wahi e hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻōpala palaka i ka plastik puʻupaʻa. ʻo ia ka wehewehe hope loa o ka hana hou ʻana a e hana i kahi ala pōʻai maoli.