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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jasmine Fernández

McDonalds investigates mystery of sauce bags polluting Canada shoreline

  • A resident has discovered 46 empty industrial-sized McDonald's condiment bags littered along the Bay of Fundy shoreline in Nova Scotia, Canada, over the past two years.
  • Karen Jenner, who regularly cleans the coast, found the Big Mac and McChicken sauce bags, which are typically used to refill in-store dispensers.
  • The bilingual English and French labelling on the plastic suggests the waste originated from within the Maritime provinces.
  • McDonald's Canada has launched an investigation into the matter after Jenner's repeated attempts to contact the company over two years.
  • Jenner hopes the investigation will identify the "broken link" in the waste disposal process to prevent further plastic pollution.

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