McDonald's tosses EPS cups and trays

摘要

McDonald's Corporation is ditching expanded polystyrene for good around the globe. Just weeks after another call for the company to reconsider its use of EPS in cold beverage cups and trays, the Oakbrook, III.-based company now indicates foam products will be eliminated by the end of 2018. News of the latest move comes after McDonald's transitioned from foam to paper coffee and hot beverage cups a few years ago. As You Sow, a shareholders advocacy group interested in environmental issues, recently refiled a resolution asking the company to assess the impact of EPS. This same proposal received nearly one-third support from shareholders last year. But McDonald's is tackling the issue before the matter can be put to shareholders at an upcoming annual meeting.