Day 009 - 08 Jul 94 - Page 25
1 originally?
A. The most easy way for me to describe it is it is
2 everything we put into our trash bin at the back of the
restaurant.
3
Q. Right. But that will not include take away stuff?
4 A. Exactly correct.
5 Q. Right. Did you say yesterday something about the amount
of your custom that was take away?
6 A. Approximately 50 per cent.
7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: In the US?
A. Correct.
8
MISS STEEL: You have 14,000 restaurants worldwide, do you not?
9 A. Today?
10 Q. Yes.
A. I think that number is about correct.
11
Q. Each one of those produces, on average, 140 pounds of
12 packaging on premises waste?
A. I cannot say that for a fact. I can tell you that
13 when we did that study in 1990 in the United States that
is the figure that we arrived at.
14
Q. Right. Do you think ones elsewhere in the world would be
15 more or less?
A. Can I -- if we are going to talk more in detail about
16 this, I would like to have the study in front of me so I
can be more familiar with the actual numbers.
17
Q. I have just got your statement.
18 A. OK.
19 MR. RAMPTON: Are we speaking of the Environmental Defense ----
A. I am trying to get clear as to what you want to delve
20 into detail on. My testimony, just for clarification,
related to the United States. So if you are asking .....
21
MISS STEEL: So your statement was just about the United
22 States?
A. Correct. If you are looking for input, other input,
23 I need to ask what you are referring to.
24 Q. Right. Do you know whether 140 pounds is likely to be the
average for restaurants all over the world?
25 A. I just cannot answer that question.
26 Q. You do not know?
A. It is not a matter I do not know, I would have to do a
27 little work on it. I cannot answer you directly on that
question.
28
Q. OK.
29 A. If I can explain, we do have access to this
information worldwide.
30
Q. Right. Do you know whether that information has been
