8 March, 2023
McDonald’s Caboolture City clean up
Staff from McDonald’s Caboolture City played their part in Clean Up Australia Day as they picked up rubbish in the streets around their work place last Thursday afternoon.
The staff, including a number of secondary school students in the region, wore gloves and carried rubbish bags as they spent between 30 and 60 minutes covering an area spanning about 1.5km.
One group ventured north of the restaurant while the other group ventured south, as the participants picked up items including wrappers, bits of paper, cups and straws.
McDonald’s Caboolture City general manager Cameron Binet said the main purpose of participating in the activity was for the employees to be involved in the community in a positive way.
“It’s about playing their part to help make our community a better and cleaner place to live,” he said.
McDonald’s Australia has supported Clean Up Australia Day since its inception in 1989, with more than 3000 volunteers from at least 300 McDonald’s restaurants expected to take part this year.
Cameron said McDonald’s also contributed to a cleaner environment in other ways, particularly with phasing out plastic straws and plastic cutlery.
Cameron said data from McDonald’s revealed that the restaurant chain had removed more than 500 million plastic straws and about 115 million pieces of plastic cutlery.
