McDonald’s to clear up litter

McDonald’s has added the entrance of a Peterborough nature reserve to their litter picking rounds after residents raised concerns about the amount of fast food rubbish being left near the site.

This week piles of McDonald’s packaging had been left near the Eye Nature Reserve, just a few days after the McDonald’s Drive Thru had been opened in Eye Green.

A spokesman for McDonald’s said: “We take our responsibility around litter very seriously. For the past 30 years, we have been conducting daily litter patrols and these have continued since our recent reopening. We have a dedicated team carrying out litter picks in the surrounding area, collecting other’s rubbish as well as our own and we encourage customers to dispose of their litter responsibly. This is the first time we have been made aware of this specific litter concern, and the Eye Green McDonald’s team has now added this to a number of areas in the local community that are targeted on litter patrols.”

Eye, Thorney and Newborough councillor Nigel Simons said: “We have a very good understanding with Eye Green McDonald’s. Whenever we ask for extra litter picks and any other issues we have found them to be very helpful, so thanks to store manager Simon Baxter and franchisee Mathew Jarrett.

“It is very disappointing people do not dispose of there rubbish in a sensible manner, choosing to blight our very well used nature reserve, which we hold in very high regard in memory of Bill Green. Also we have been working with PCC to solve the drainage problem we had a few weeks ago there.’’

Rubbish at the reserve