Day 005 - 04 Jul 94 - Page 41
1 Britain Group meant by this. I am afraid you would have
to ask them -- not me.
2
Q. Is that not the point of the sections of the Act?
3 A. Well, I do not know when it talks about providing or
emptying receptacles it means anything like that at all.
4 You just quoted me a 94(4).
5 Q. If I just remind you of one section on 93(1), the last
phrase.
6
MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is it not all summarised underneath the
7 banner headline? Does that not make it clear just what
the Tidy Britain Group is getting at in this leaflet?
8
MR. MORRIS: It is for business owners.
9
MR. JUSTICE BELL: For businesses who create waste as part of
10 their business have responsibilities under the Act and the
Tidy Britain Group is anxious to make sure they know that.
11
MR. MORRIS: Yes. I am trying to ask Mr. Preston if that is
12 how he understands it, because he supports the Tidy
Britain Group. Would you agree with the judge that that
13 is what the purpose of this leaflet is, to identify
businesses and their responsibilities?
14 A. Surely.
15 Q. As a source of environment/index.html">litter. Would you think that bearing in
mind all that, what would you say the responsibility of
16 your organisation is as to the creation of environment/index.html">litter ---
A. I do not believe McDonald's -----
17
Q. -- as to solving that problem?
18 A. I missed the second bit.
19 Q. What do you feel that McDonald's responsibility in solving
the problem of environment/index.html">litter entails?
20 A. But I think it entails exactly the things we currently
do; number 1, provide bins inside our restaurants and
21 people to staff those restaurants to the end of caring for
the removal of environment/index.html">litter within those premises. But I think
22 it extends to the provision of people to work up and down
the high street on the so-called McDonald's environment/index.html">litter patrol
23 to sweep up and pick up that which is dropped by
unthinking members of the public or not disposed of
24 properly.
25 But I think it behoves us to work alongside other
organisations in the United Kingdom to try to raise the
26 public awareness, whether it be with adults or children,
as their social responsibilities. All of the above we do.
27
Q. Do you think there is a responsibility for businesses in
28 the creation of environment/index.html">litter, the creation of material that
could become environment/index.html">litter?
29 A. No, I do not. But I think people create environment/index.html">litter.
Packaging does not become environment/index.html">litter until it is dropped on
30 the street by an unthinking or uncaring individual. Until
that time it is not environment/index.html">litter.
