McDonald's hails success of waste-to-energy trial

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Sheffield burger restaurants have cut their carbon footprint and the waste sent to landfill through a partnership with a local power plant

Fast-food multinational McDonald's may not have the best reputation amongst environmentalists, but the company emerged as something of a pioneer in the field of waste-to-energy systems last week when it...

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