Day 061 - 05 Dec 94 - Page 31

     
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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  They are asked to contact a London ----
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     4   MS. STEEL:  It is a Newsletter that is covering the whole of the
     5        world anyway?
     6        A.  OK.
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     8   Q.   If we turn to page 734 there is a report on the United
     9        Kingdom?
    10        A.  Yes.
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    12   Q.   The third paragraph is about waste shortening.  It
    13        says: "Waste shortening has always been a problem, with the
    14        handling of the drums, the storage, and the pickup from a
    15        health and safety point of view.  A system is being tested
    16        that could solve all of the problems in one fell swoop".
    17        It then goes into the details of that system.  Then at the
    18        end of that paragraph it says:  "The resulting loads will
    19        be collected from the DC" --- is that distribution centre?
    20        A.  Right.
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    22   Q.    -- "by McDonald's shortening supplier who will process the
    23        waste oil for animal feed stock etc.  The financial return
    24        should prove significantly higher2.  So, it appears that
    25        you get paid for getting the waste oil recycled?
    26        A.  It appears we do now.
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    28   Q.   It says "significantly higher"?
    29        A.  Well, higher than what?
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    31   Q.   It does not say:  "We will get some financial return for
    32        this".
    33        A.  I am sorry, I cannot answer your questions.  I have
    34        told you, I am not involved in this directly, and I cannot
    35        answer your question.  It says "the financial return should
    36        prove significantly higher", higher than what, I do not
    37        know.
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    39   Q.   Higher than what it had been previously?
    40        A.  Presumably, I do not know.
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    42   Q.   I just wanted to ask some questions about environment/index.html">litter.  If you
    43        leave that bundle there because we may need it again?
    44        Would you accept that a significant amount of McDonald's
    45        packaging ends up being thrown down as environment/index.html">litter?
    46        A.  An amount does -- how significant it is, I am not sure.
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    48   Q.   So do you think it is insignificant then?
    49        A.  No, I think it will vary depending on where you are.
    50        I can go to certain parts of the country and see 
    51        practically nothing; I can go to certain inner city areas 
    52        and see quite a lot, so it varies. 
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    54   Q.   Litter is quite a problem, is it not?
    55        A.  It is a problem that we recognise and it is one that we
    56        try to address, yes.
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    58   Q.   It can be a danger?
    59        A.  Can it?
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