McDonald azagerageza ibikombe bya pulasitiki bikozwe mu bikoresho byasubiwemo kandi bishingiye ku binyabuzima.

McDonald's izakorana n'abafatanyabikorwa bayo INEOS, LyondellBasell, ndetse n'ikigo gitanga ibisubizo by'ibiryo bishobora kongera gukoreshwa muri polima Neste, hamwe n'ikigo gitanga ibikoresho byo gupakira ibiryo n'ibinyobwa muri Amerika y'Amajyaruguru Pactiv Evergreen, kugira ngo bakoreshe uburyo bwo kuringaniza ibintu mu buryo bwinshi kugira ngo bakore ibisubizo byakoreshejwe, bagerageze gukora ibikombe bya pulasitiki bisobanutse neza bivuye muri pulasitiki imaze kugurwa n'ibikoresho bikomoka ku binyabuzima nk'amavuta yo guteka yakoreshejwe.

Nk’uko McDonald's ibivuga, igikombe cya pulasitiki gisobanutse ni uruvange rwa 50:50 rw’ibikoresho bya pulasitiki byakoreshejwe nyuma yo kugurwa n’ibikoresho bishingiye ku binyabuzima. Iyi sosiyete isobanura ibikoresho bishingiye ku binyabuzima nk’ibikoresho bikomoka ku bimera, nk’ibimera, n’amavuta yo guteka yakoreshejwe azashyirwa muri iki gice.

McDonald's yavuze ko ibikoresho bizahuzwa kugira ngo bikore ibikombe binyuze mu buryo bwo kuringaniza ingano y'ibicuruzwa, bizayifasha gupima no gukurikirana ubwiyongere bw'ibikoresho byasubijwemo n'ibikomoka ku binyabuzima byakoreshejwe muri icyo gikorwa, ndetse no gushyiramo n'ibikomoka ku bikomoka ku mavuta gakondo.

Ibikombe bishya bizaboneka muri resitora 28 za McDonald's zo muri Jeworujiya, muri Amerika. Ku baguzi bo muri ako gace, McDonald's isaba ko ibikombe bishobora kozwa no gushyirwa mu gisanduku icyo ari cyo cyose cyo kongera gukoresha. Ariko, umupfundikizo n'ibyatsi bizana n'ibikombe bishya ubu ntibishobora kongera gukoreshwa. Ibikombe bishobora kongera gukoreshwa, bigatuma habaho ibikoresho byinshi byo gukoresha nyuma yo kugura ibindi bintu.

McDonald's yongeyeho ko ibikombe bishya bisobanutse neza bisa cyane n'ibikombe bisanzwe by'iyi sosiyete. Abaguzi ntibashobora kubona itandukaniro riri hagati y'ibikombe bya McDonald's byabanje n'ibishya.

McDonald's irateganya kugaragaza binyuze mu igeragezwa ko, nk'imwe mu masosiyete manini ya resitora ku isi, McDonald's yiteguye gushora imari no gushyigikira ikorwa ry'ibikoresho bikomoka ku binyabuzima n'ibishobora kongera gukoreshwa. Byongeye kandi, bivugwa ko iyi sosiyete irimo gukora kugira ngo inoze amahirwe y'ibikoresho bikoreshwa mu gikombe ku rwego rwagutse.

Mike Nagle, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA, yagize ati: “Twizera ko ahazaza h’ibikoresho byo gupfunyika bigomba kuba uruziga rushoboka. Dufatanyije n’abakiriya bacu, turabafasha kugera ku ntego zabo muri uru rwego zo kugarura imyanda ya pulasitiki mu pulasitiki idashaje. Ni cyo gisobanuro cy’ingenzi cyo kongera gukoresha ibikoresho kandi bizarema uburyo nyabwo bwo kuzenguruka.”