Fast food staff help in clean-up
MCDONALD’S WORKERS JOIN VOLUNTEERS FROM OTHER CITY FIRMS
McDonald’s workers swapped chips for skips as they joined a bid to clean up a Sunderland park.
Franchisee Jasper Maudsley, who owns and operates 10 McDonald’s restaurants across Sunderland and Hartlepool, and some of his staff joined a clean-up event at Mowbray Park.
Mr Maudsley and crew from the fast food chain’s restaurants in Sunderland, Ryhope and Wessington Way teamed up with Sunderland Business Improvement District for the clean-up.
They were part of a 30-strong group which aimed to give the area a refresh ahead of Sunderland’s entry for Northumbria in Bloom for best city.
Also among the volunteers – who tidied the area for 12 hours over two days and collected 30 bags of litter – were staff from Sunderland BID, Gentoo and Sunderland City Council.
It is one of a number of McDonald’s clean-ups taking place across the country as part of the company’s anti-littering campaign, Love Where You Live.
Mr Maudsley, who employs 879 staff across his 10 restaurants, said: “I was really proud to see everyone come together and help tidy up the area around Mowbray Park.”
The Echo’s Clean Streets campaign is calling on Wearsiders to be more responsible for their own personal waste in an effort to build a cleaner, more inviting and more welcoming city.
Anyone who sees items which they think have been fly-tipped on a street, pavement, back lane or green space can contact Sunderland City Council to arrange its removal either by reporting it online at sunderland.gov.uk or by calling 0191 520 5550.