Not only did McDonald's stop using polystyrene bags this year, but it also announced that it will be made from renewable, recyclable, certified materials by 2025.

Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, McDonald's is a famous food and beverage giant. The company also announced plans to promote the use of recyclable packaging in all restaurants in 2025. Francisca Debes, McDonald's Chief Supply Chain and Sustainability Director, said on January 16th: "Our customers tell us that packaging waste is the biggest environmental issue and we hope that we can participate in the solution. Our wish is to think what our customers want. Reducing the use of packaging and being responsible for the source of the material. When designing the packaged product, consider the recycling problem after use."

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Gram Forbes is a global ambassador for Greenpeace's corporate use of plastics reduction project. He said: "McDonald's decision today can have little effect on changing the problem of misuse of plastics. If you can't do your best to prevent it from being used once. Sexual plastics, simply solve the problem by recycling, there is no point."

McDonald's said that half of the packaging currently in use comes from sources of recyclable, renewable or certified materials, and about 10% of restaurants around the world have begun to recycle packaging left behind by customers.

When McDonald's announced the decision, it was also supported by the Environmental Protection Foundation, the Forest Protection Committee and the World Wildlife Fund. As You Sow is one of the group shareholders who promoted the elimination of the use of EPS. He also responded positively to McDonald's decision, saying the move was a positive result of discussions for many years. Conrad McLaren, senior vice president of As You Sow, stated: "McDonald's decision is ahead of its peers and has global significance. We are very pleased that McDonald's is redesigning packaging, reducing material usage and recycling. Channels make better use of the value of materials. We hope other brands can follow up."

McDonald's said it is working with industry experts, local governments and environmental associations to improve packaging and recycling operations." McLaren said that their company understands that "a company can't rely on its own implementation of these measures." Action, optimize each process to truly achieve recycling." "Other FMCG brands also need to work with peers, governments and recycling companies to find more food packaging methods and incorporate them into the recycling process to help provide the necessary financing for end markets for materials with stable performance."

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McDonald's and other fast-moving restaurants have always faced the challenge of improving recycling rates. The challenge includes how to recycle packaging that is contaminated with the remaining food because similar packaging is difficult to handle. Separating recyclable foods and waste (which are now basically put together) is also quite difficult in terms of logistics.

From an economic point of view, the cost of recycling these materials is also higher than that of direct disposal, which is one of the reasons why many restaurants have not yet increased their recycling efforts. Those who take out food and takeaway foods, even if they are otherwise environmentally responsible for recycling, will not get used to recycling packaging materials. Greenpeace believes that creating recycling infrastructure for similar restaurants such as McDonald's also presents challenges. Forbes said: "Responsible companies know that it is impossible to solve this problem through recycling. McDonald's should act as soon as possible to solve the problem from the production of plastics, instead of handing the problem over to consumers."

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McDonald's Debes said: "We have the confidence to change, think about what consumers think, reduce the use of packaging, use materials in a responsible way, and consider the disposal of packaging waste when designing. Start from our restaurant and extend it to Outside the restaurant, increase recycling rates and help create a clean community.