Day 059 - 01 Dec 94 - Page 47
1 from Perseco to McDonald's to the suppliers.
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3 Q. Do you happen to know -- we will have Mr. Van Erp giving
4 evidence later on in this case who is a Perseco person,
5 though how long he has been one, I do not know -- are you
6 able to tell us the drive that Perseco contributed where it
7 originated or not?
8 A. From the USA.
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10 Q. From the USA?
11 A. The parent company of Perseco is the Harvey Corporation
12 in the USA, and most of the environmental initiatives would
13 have come from their parent company.
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15 Q. Is the McDonald's company in this country of sufficient
16 size to exert an influence on the environmental policies of
17 its suppliers?
18 A. Some suppliers, yes, not every supplier.
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20 Q. Not every supplier?
21 A. Some suppliers.
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23 Q. Going back to (j) office stationery: Is your volume V of
24 the pink files to hand or did you put it back?
25 A. I put it back. OK.
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27 Q. Could you turn, please, to tab 28C page number should turn
28 out to be 510 AE?
29 A. Yes.
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31 Q. Is this a document, it is a McDonald's memorandum from
32 Sally White to all staff dated 13th March 1990?
33 A. Yes.
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35 Q. "Subject: Recycling and waste paper", is this a document
36 with which you are familiar or not?
37 A. Yes, it is.
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39 Q. We can all read it for ourselves. It seems to say, does it
40 not, that from now on recycled paper will be in general use
41 in the office. Have I summarised it correctly?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. It also says that there will be, I think it says,
45 collection points for discarded paper within the office?
46 A. That is correct.
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48 Q. I think we find that in the third paragraph. My question
49 is this, where did the stimulus for this memorandum come
50 from?
51 A. This came from -- I was, in fact, in charge of this
52 department at that time. This is the Facilities
53 Department. The initiative came from the senior management
54 at McDonald's.
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56 Q. What is the reason for that? I mean, is recycled office
57 stationery cheaper than ordinary stationery or not?
58 A. No, it is not. It is generally a similar cost.
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60 Q. Why do this? This is an internal thing; there is no public
