We’ve already started to roll out some of these innovations to other restaurants, but what is exciting about Market Drayton is the fact it will act as a blueprint for our future new builds.” Market Drayton is a big step towards making that a reality, enabling us to test and put into practice what a net zero emissions building, both in build and use, really looks like. The opening of Market Drayton is one of a number of initiatives McDonald’s is undertaking as part of its Plan for Change – a new business and sustainability strategy to help McDonald’s achieve its aim of net zero emissions across its entire UK and Ireland business, including its value chain, by 2040.īeth Hart, McDonald’s Vice President Supply Chain and Brand Trust commented: “At McDonald’s we believe that our food needs to be served in restaurants that are sustainable for the future. A biodiversity garden and nature trail – designed by schoolchildren from Market Drayton Junior School, the garden will collect rainwater from the carpark and provide a habitat for frogs and other creatures A Drive-Thru lane which has been made from recycled tyres – this material produces less carbon-dioxide and allows more water to be absorbed, reducing the amount of rainwater going down the drain By using over 1,000 of these at Market Drayton, McDonald’s has diverted over 200,000 plastic bottles from landfill Kerbs stones each made from 182 recycled plastic bottles – reducing carbon emissions by 25kg per kerb compared to concrete kerbs. Wall signs made from McDonald’s used coffee beans - one of the examples of action the business is taking to introduce circular waste solutions Building cladding made from recycled IT equipment and white household goods like washing machines, amounting to 250 sqm of recycled materials Walls insulated with British sheep’s wool which might otherwise have gone to landfill, and which replaces unsustainable man-made materials Renewable power from two wind turbines and 92sqm of solar panels - producing 60,000 kWhs of power per year, and reducing the amount of energy the restaurant draws from the grid McDonald’s most sustainable restaurant includes: Powered by on-site solar panels and wind turbines, learnings from the new restaurant in Market Drayton, Shropshire, will be used to create a blueprint for McDonald’s freehold new builds across the country from 2022. The Market Drayton McDonald’s, which will act as a blueprint for future restaurants around the country, has been designed to be net zero emissions standard in both construction and every day operation – an industry first.įeaturing the latest innovations in sustainable building design throughout, the restaurant has been deliberately designed to retain the familiar McDonald’s look and feel to ensure it can be effectively replicated as the business looks to revolutionise the way it designs its new and existing restaurants to achieve net zero emissions for all its 1,400 restaurants and offices by 2030.įrom a Drive-Thru lane made from recycled tyres, wall art made from used coffee beans and kerb stones made from plastic bottles, the restaurant will act as a testing site for a number of industry-first innovations. Friday 10 th December 2021 – Today McDonald’s opens the UK’s first Net Zero Carbon restaurant 1. MCDONALD’S OPENS FIRST UK NET ZERO CARBON RESTAURANT
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