Ka whakamātau a McDonald i ngā kapu kirihou i hangaia mai i ngā rauemi hangarua me ngā rauemi koiora.

Ka mahi tahi a McDonald's me ōna hoa mahi a INEOS, LyondellBasell, me te kaiwhakarato otinga rauemi whakahou polymer a Neste, me te kaiwhakarato tākai kai me te inu o Amerika Te Raki a Pactiv Evergreen, ki te whakamahi i tētahi huarahi taurite-papatipu hei whakaputa i ngā otinga hangarua, te whakamātautau whakaputa kapu kirihou mārama mai i te kirihou muri-kaihoko me ngā rauemi koiora pēnei i te hinu tunu kai kua whakamahia.

E ai ki a McDonald's, ko te kapu kirihou mārama he ranunga 50:50 o te rauemi kirihou muri-kaihoko me te rauemi hanga-koiora. E tautuhia ana e te kamupene ngā rauemi hanga-koiora hei rauemi i ahu mai i te koiora, pērā i ngā tipu, ā, ka whakaurua ngā hinu tunu kai kua whakamahia ki tēnei wāhanga.

I kī a McDonald's ka whakakotahihia ngā rauemi hei whakaputa i ngā kapu mā te tikanga taurite papatipu, e āhei ai te ine me te aroturuki i ngā whakaurunga o ngā rauemi hangarua me ngā rauemi koiora e whakamahia ana i roto i te tukanga, me te whakauru hoki i ngā puna wahie pūmua tuku iho.

Ka wātea ngā kapu hou i te 28 o ngā wharekai McDonald's kua tohua i Georgia, USA. Mō ngā kaihoko o te rohe, e taunaki ana a McDonald's kia horoia ngā kapu ka maka ki roto i tētahi ipu hangarua. Heoi, kāore e taea te hangarua ngā taupoki me ngā ngongo e haere tahi mai ana me ngā kapu hou i tēnei wā. He kapu hangarua, ka hangaia he rauemi hou mō ētahi atu taonga.

I tāpiri atu a McDonald's he tata rite tonu ngā kapu mārama hou ki ngā kapu o nāianei a te kamupene. Kāore pea ngā kaihoko e kite i tētahi rerekētanga i waenga i ngā kapu McDonald's o mua me ngā kapu hou.

E hiahia ana a McDonald's ki te whakaatu mā roto i ngā whakamātautau, hei tētahi o ngā kamupene wharekai nui rawa atu o te ao, e hiahia ana a McDonald's ki te haumi me te tautoko i te hanga rauemi koiora me ngā rauemi hangarua. Hei tāpiri, e ai ki ngā pūrongo kei te mahi te kamupene ki te whakapai ake i ngā āheinga o te rauemi e whakamahia ana i roto i te kapu i runga i te tauine whānui.

I kōrero a Mike Nagle, te Tumu Whakarae o INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA: "E whakapono ana mātou me porowhita te heke mai o ngā rauemi tākai. Mā te mahi tahi me ō mātou kiritaki, ka āwhina mātou i a rātou ki te whakatutuki i tā rātou whakapau kaha ki tēnei wāhanga ki te whakahoki mai i ngā para kirihou ki te kirihou hou. Koinei te whakamāramatanga tino pai o te hangarua, ā, ka waihanga i tētahi huarahi porowhita tūturu."