Day 060 - 02 Dec 94 - Page 64
1 then be given to 100 per cent recycled paper napkins?
2 A. Yes, the napkin is not considered to be a primary
3 package of food.
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5 MS. STEEL: You have mentioned about some of the products are
6 unbleached. I think that is the two and four-hole trays
7 and the paper bags?
8 A. Yes.
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10 Q. Is that it?
11 A. From my recollection, yes.
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13 Q. Just generally, you said you are not sure about the
14 post-consumer/post-industrial content. If the situation in
15 America is that the majority of the recycled content is
16 post-industrial rather than post-consumer, is that likely
17 to be the situation here as well?
18 A. Not necessarily. America buys a lot of its
19 post-industrial paper waste from the UK, in fact, which
20 does not leave a great deal here as America is a large user
21 of this material, but I cannot tell you the exact numbers
22 of post-industrial and post-consumer.
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24 Q. You have not idea?
25 A. No.
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27 Q. Is that not something you feel important to find out about?
28 A. A supplier does not feel they can tell us that with
29 confidence on and on-going basis. It is something that
30 varies according to the demand in the United States quite
31 often.
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33 Q. When you said "America buys it from the UK", were you
34 talking about America McDonald's?
35 A. No, just the industry.
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37 Q. The industry generally?
38 A. Yes.
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40 MR. MORRIS: McDonald's does consider the recycled content in
41 terms of whether it is post-industrial or post-consumer as
42 an important issue, does it not?
43 A. I do not think so. I really do not. I think the issue
44 is, is it recycled?
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46 Q. I mean, there is controversy, in fact, there is even
47 legislation, I believe, in America that companies must
48 identify what percentage of recycled content is
49 post-consumer; is that correct?
50 A. I do not know. I do not know if there is legislation.
51 I know they know the numbers.
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53 Q. Do you know if it is the practice to write on any item sold
54 in America when you make claims about recycled content, the
55 practice, whether it is legislation or not?
56 A. OK.
57
58 Q. Is to say what percentage is post-consumer waste?
59 A. The practice I can accept; legislation, I do not know.
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