MCDONALD’S is to roll out McFlurry spoons made from a sustainable, paper-based material.
It comes as the fast food chain replaces all its plastic cutlery with the ‘resilient’, renewable, FSC-certified pressed-paper recyclable and compostable cutlery.
The new cutlery will be rolled out in restaurants across England and Wales this week, with Scotland, the Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland to follow in the new year. McDonald’s said that it anticipates that the move will eliminate 858 metric tonnes of plastic annually across the UK.
Nina Prichard, head of sustainable and ethical sourcing at McDonald’s, said, “As a business, we’re committed to taking action on packaging and waste and increasing our use of sustainable materials. We’re pleased to announce another step forward in eliminating single-use plastics and it’s great to be switching our famous McFlurry spoons to this new paper-based material.”
