McDonald's

A trial of paper straws to replace existing plastic straws, starting in two restaurants.

Testing cup recycling via partnership with Simply Cups, involving segmented dining room bins for waste separation.

Solar energy project providing an unspecified portion of McDonald's 380 MW renewable energy purchase agreement in Texas. Project details and partner name were not disclosed.

An injector squeezes melted plastic into molds to create shaped products.

The machine shreds hard plastic into pellets as the first step in the recycling process.

A compressor makes objects like bowls and structural beams from melted plastic.

United Kingdom

Victoria

Texas

Large-scale wind energy project with total capacity of 525 MW located in Coke County, Texas. Multiple corporate offtakers including McDonald's (Aviator Wind West, 220 MW) and Facebook (Aviator Wind East, 200 MW).

A mobile recycling unit developed by Monash University engineering students that can shred, melt, and process plastic waste into molded products. The machine is designed to be transported on a utility vehicle to schools and workplaces for awareness-raising demonstrations.

Solar energy project providing an unspecified portion of McDonald's 380 MW renewable energy purchase agreement in Texas. Project details and partner name were not disclosed.

A mobile recycling unit capable of shredding plastic waste into pellets, melting them, and processing the melted plastic through an extruder, injector, or compressor to create molded products such as phone cases, bowls, structural beams, and gears.