Re:California aims to ban recycling symbols on things that a...
by Closi on Thursday September 09, 2021 @10:31AM
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> Yup -- another business trick is in McDonalds -- the company that supplies the beef in Ireland is called "100% Irish Beef" and thus they put that on the packaging even if the beef doesn't come from Ireland.
McDonalds Sourcing Statement - "We work with over 23,000 British and Irish farmers to source our ingredients. Our beef, eggs and milk all come from UK farms."
> I've seen this don't with the equivalent of "100% recyclable" as the name of the company to pass the product off as environmental.
Can you give a source for a company using this? I can't find anything about it online and suspect it's just an urban myth like the first one.
This isn't true, it's an urban myth. The original myth was actually that a company called "100% beef" was a company owned by McDonalds, and this is simply a variant. See: https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/help/faq/18916-is-beef-a-...
McDonalds Sourcing Statement - "We work with over 23,000 British and Irish farmers to source our ingredients. Our beef, eggs and milk all come from UK farms."
> I've seen this don't with the equivalent of "100% recyclable" as the name of the company to pass the product off as environmental.
Can you give a source for a company using this? I can't find anything about it online and suspect it's just an urban myth like the first one.