Day 009 - 08 Jul 94 - Page 11
1 packaging. As I explained, the wrap just described is a
wrap we have always used historically for the
2 cheeseburger, hamburger -- what we call small sandwiches.
The big change that we made in the USA in 1991 was we
3 changed to what I call insulated quilt wrap, and that was
brand new technology that had been developed by a leading
4 paper manufacturer in the United States, and we were the
first to start looking at it, then introduced it in 1991.
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Q. For these wraps, both kind of wraps, when was the first
6 time that that included any recycled content?
A. We started putting some recycled content into the,
7 I refer to them as "insulated wraps", in the year --
I will have to check our notes, but I believe in the year
8 1992, but we only put what we call preconsumer paper
packaging into that, and at the time that was a big step,
9 but also a very cautious step because again, going back to
what I said yesterday, there are very strict FDA
10 guidelines on the use of recycled paper into direct food
packaging.
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Therefore, one of the first steps that we took in terms of
12 expanding our horizons in the use of recycled paper was to
incorporate preconsumer packaging waste in a small
13 percentage into our insulated wraps and by preconsumer,
the reason that is a cautious move is that the preconsumer
14 is defined basically as manufacturing scrap. So at the
end of the day a paper converting plant has to do a
15 certain amount of trimming. The trimming falls off. It
is still clean. It is still safe and free of anything
16 poisonous, deleterious, that the FDA requires; they put
that back into the very beginning process; that is
17 preconsumer waste. We, as a company, place much more
emphasis on the development of post-consumer waste in our
18 packaging.
19 Q. So when did the post-consumer recycled content in your
packaging begin to be used?
20 A. Are you using "packaging" in a broad term or referring
to sandwich wraps?
21
Q. Packaging in a broad term?
22 A. For anything that we use in our restaurants?
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23 Q. Yes.
A. I cannot give you an exact date, I can give
24 an approximation; our pulp trays have always, probably
from day 1, been made with significant portions of
25 post-consumer waste. Now we started using pulp trays --
just give me a few seconds to think about this -- I would
26 just be guessing. I would just be guessing that it
happened some time in the late 60s.
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Q. What, the pulp trays?
28 A. Pulp trays, our use of pulp trays.
29 Q. That is just the ordinary tray, is it, for carrying
things?
30 A. For carrying things outside the restaurant or for
drive-through.
