McDonald's S'pore phasing out plastic cutlery to wooden ones in efforts 'towards sustainability'

[yperic]

Hmmmst

McDonald's Singapore has retired its plastic cutlery.

According to a statement by McDonald's, it is making way for "sustainable" meal companions — wooden cutlery.

The transition is part of the fast food restaurant's "efforts towards sustainability" and to "do good for the planet".

Singapore customers have noticed the transition to wooden cutlery as early as October 2024.

McDonald's mentioned on its website's FAQ page that by switching to wooden cutlery, the chain aims to "reduce single-use plastics and minimise use of plastic packaging".

One of its FAQs added that the fast food chain will save an average of 125,000kg of plastic utensils annually by switching to wooden cutlery.

Thus far, its switch to strawless lids have saved 19 million pieces of plastic straws a year, McDonald’s stated.

Top image from Google Maps and McDonald's Facebook page.

 

[yperic]

 

[standarture]

The wooden fork like sai. Cannot poke anything. Wooden spoon too flat. Wooden knife cant cut for nuts. Stop phasing out useful plastics! Time to go back to cavemen era liao, more oily fingers and hands! Finish liao just wipe on clothes!

 

[GhostZM]

All these useless green initiatives..


CheerS!!!

 

[Teyemittisi]

Why not just use hands.. no need kill trees too.

 

[Spectre007]

Heng moi ish use hand to tear the pancake, no need smlj cutlery.

 

[tatsit]

now the sundae tastes differently, once u use wooden spoon, the sundae will taste wooden

 

[Suporter]

Maybe next time will replace with toothpicks ...

 

[Pyromaster]

then all the tables n chairs shld change to wood also; similar to the cash machine, touch screen order, table number plate etc. basically anything inside a Macs shld be wood

 

[standarture]

now the sundae tastes differently, once u use wooden spoon, the sundae will taste wooden

Lol ya. Wood is not taste neutral.

 

[SpeedingBullet]

lmao ESG brainrot got SG by the balls liao

 

[Tsoukalos]

then all the tables n chairs shld change to wood also; similar to the cash machine, touch screen order, table number plate etc. basically anything inside a Macs shld be wood

Including the staff?

 

[singed]

The wood spoon make my corn taste funny

 

[radish]

actually they already been doing this for sometime slowing phasing out plastic ones.

i get their disposal wooden ones for some time whenever i order the salad.

honestly i dont think this will save environment much but i do think this will drive up cost for mcd which will naturally pass the cost to consumers.

yup dont celebrate too early.

 

[Lchlch]

Hmmmst

McDonald's Singapore has retired its plastic cutlery.

According to a statement by McDonald's, it is making way for "sustainable" meal companions — wooden cutlery.

The transition is part of the fast food restaurant's "efforts towards sustainability" and to "do good for the planet".

Singapore customers have noticed the transition to wooden cutlery as early as October 2024.

McDonald's mentioned on its website's FAQ page that by switching to wooden cutlery, the chain aims to "reduce single-use plastics and minimise use of plastic packaging".

One of its FAQs added that the fast food chain will save an average of 125,000kg of plastic utensils annually by switching to wooden cutlery.

Thus far, its switch to strawless lids have saved 19 million pieces of plastic straws a year, McDonald’s stated.

Top image from Google Maps and McDonald's Facebook page.

Instead of using plastic bag, they should hv the handle hole paperbag.

 

[tatsit]

Instead of using plastic bag, they should hv the handle hole paperbag.

to have the handle hole, you need to paste plastic internally to strengthen the holder.

then why not use plastic bag instead?

 

[standarture]

actually they already been doing this for sometime slowing phasing out plastic ones.

i get their disposal wooden ones for some time whenever i order the salad.

honestly i dont think this will save environment much but i do think this will drive up cost for mcd which will naturally pass the cost to consumers.

yup dont celebrate too early.

Yea the wood got to be of some standard, need to do a lot of processing and treatment. Not all the wood will survive the process also, sure got some break. Need to wash, steam, dry and treat. Plastic just do moulding can liao.

 

[wlalala]

sux

got wood taste de

 

[beano]

Phase out fast food as well..

 

[dexboi]

bleached wood, Made in China, harbours bacteria if keep too long.