McDonald’s begins testing strawless lids in select markets - WMBB - mypanhandle.com

by: Steven Masso

Posted: Jan 27, 2023 / 04:21 PM CST

Updated: Jan 27, 2023 / 04:21 PM CST

(KVEO) — Sip connected this: McDonald’s is investigating new, strawless lids successful an effort to trim the usage of tiny plastics.

The company’s selling unit told Nexstar the investigating of strawless lids volition instrumentality spot successful prime U.S. markets. The lids are for acold beverages only.

McDonald’s is truthful acold keeping a lid connected which markets volition spot the caller tops, but a staffer for Nexstar’s WGN said they received 1 in the Chicago area.

“These lids assistance optimize our packaging and destruct the usage of tiny plastics, conscionable 1 illustration of the galore solutions we’re reviewing arsenic portion of our ongoing planetary committedness to trim discarded crossed restaurants and beforehand recycling,” McDonald’s stated.

In September 2020, Starbucks announced aft a palmy twelvemonth of trialing its strawless lids, that they would beryllium rolled retired to company-operated and licensed stores.

Starbucks stated the determination was done successful an effort to “eliminate 1 cardinal integrative straws globally per year.”

The modulation to strawless lids is the latest effort by McDonald’s to trim integrative waste. According to the McDonald’s website, 82.7% of their superior packaging worldly comes from recycled oregon certified sources. McDonald’s aims to person “100% certified, recycled oregon renewable materials” by 2025.

According to McDonald’s, the investigating of the strawless lids are presently being conducted successful prime restaurants successful the precocious Midwest.