BY 2025, ALL OF MCDONALD'S PACKAGING TO COME FROM RENEWABLE, RECYCLED OR CERTIFIED SOURCES; GOAL

OAK BROOK, Ill., Jan 16 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) announces goals to improve its packaging and help significantly reduce waste to positively impact the communities the company serves around the world. By 2025, 100 percent of McDonald’s guest packaging will come from renewable, recycled, or certified sources with a preference for Forest Stewardship Council certification. Also by 2025, the company has set a goal to recycle guest packaging in 100 percent of McDonald’s restaurants. McDonald’s understands that recycling infrastructure, regulations and consumer behaviors vary city to city and country to country around the world, but it plans to be part of the solution and help influence powerful change. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30948