Day 060 - 02 Dec 94 - Page 44
1 A. That is what it says.
2
3 Q. Yes. So, the first three do not relate landfill, do they?
4 A. No.
5
6 Q. The last one which does relate to landfill, the calculation
7 is that it is four times more waste by volume?
8 A. Yes.
9
10 Q. Yes. So, coming back to the landfill problem, if there may
11 become a problem with landfill space in this country,
12 polystyrene foam would certainly be a contributor to making
13 that problem, will it not?
14 A. If there were a problem, we would need to address the
15 issue.
16
17 Q. You are going to wait until there becomes a problem, yes?
18 A. We have no indication that there is likely to be a
19 problem.
20
21 Q. But the other non-landfill problems with polystyrene foam
22 as recognised by the McDonald's Corporation does not bother
23 you?
24 A. Well, I think, as I said earlier in the evidence, that
25 the next generation of packaging is likely to come along
26 which will eradicate many of these problems anyway.
27
28 Q. Do you know what date that is planned to happen?
29 A. No, I do not because it is at the early stages of the
30 development currently.
31
32 Q. The only point I want to raise of relevance to the matters
33 before lunch was the German packaging ordinances. If you
34 just refer to Volume V -- we have finished with volume IV
35 now -- pink V?
36 A. Yes.
37
38 Q. On tab 47?
39 A. Yes.
40
41 Q. We have Environmental Newsletter for Europe No. 1, March
42 1991, yes?
43 A. Yes.
44
45 Q. Which department would that be sent to?
46 A. Which departments would it be sent to?
47
48 Q. Obviously, it would go throughout Europe, yes? Do you
49 happen to know when a branch of McDonald's received that,
50 which department it is likely to be copied and sent to?
51 A. Well, I notice this is MDC London which is McDonald's
52 Development Company, London. McDonald's Development
53 Company is not part of McDonald's UK and nor are we
54 responsible to it. McDonald's Development Company provides
55 a service to European countries that, basically, cannot
56 provide those services for themselves. So they would
57 probably not have any direct influence in the UK, France or
58 Germany or any major developed countries that have major
59 offices throughout Europe. They are mainly dealing with
60 the smaller countries in Europe but there may be some
