Day 071 - 11 Jan 95 - Page 12

     
     1        express concern.
     2
     3   Q.   Did you take advice from anyone in McDonald's whether or
     4        not you should bring the last trash walk forwards?
     5        A.  Yes, I did consult with the security department in head
     6        office and also my supervisor.
     7
     8   Q.   What was their advice?
     9        A.  Their advice was it was too dangerous to expect someone
    10        to go out at night-time.
    11
    12   Q.   So, when does the last trash walk take place now?
    13        A.  It would depend on the time of the year, normally after
    14        day-time has ended.
    15
    16   Q.   So at this time of year, the last one would be around about
    17        5 o'clock; mid-summer, it might be as late as 10 o'clock?
    18        A.  Yes, they would still keep the outside of the store
    19        clean but they would not go on a trash walk around the
    20        area.
    21
    22   Q.   I am going to ask you a little bit more about in-store
    23        later on, but outside the store, in addition to trash
    24        walks, are there any bins into which take-away or, indeed,
    25        in-store customers can put environment/index.html">litter as they leave?
    26        A.  Yes.
    27
    28   Q.   What sort of distance from the entrance to the store does
    29        one find a bin or bins in the King Road?
    30        A.  There is one immediately outside the restaurant which
    31        is the width of the pavement and there are two to the
    32        right-hand side of the restaurant approximately 30 to 40
    33        yards apart.
    34
    35   Q.   Does McDonald's have any association with or responsibility
    36        for those bins?
    37        A.  Yes, the Local Council has a scheme where you can
    38        sponsor a bin, and we have sponsored four bins on the Kings
    39        Road.
    40
    Q.   It has your logo or your name on it, has it?
    42        A.  It has, yes, and it just asks the customers -----
    43
    44   Q.   How much does it cost to sponsor a bin in the Royal Borough
    45        of Kensington and Chelsea?
    46        A.  For those four bins we pay £1200 a year.
    47
    48   Q.   That is year on year, it is £1200 a year, is it?
    49        A.  Yes, I mean, we have the option to stop sponsoring them
    50        but we have not; we have continued, so ..... 
    51 
    52   Q.   If you withdrew your sponsorship of those bins would they 
    53        be replaced at public expense by the Local Authority, do
    54        you know?
    55        A.  I am not sure on that point, but I believe that there
    56        is no obligation on the Council to keep the bins there if
    57        they are not sponsored.  They may be sponsored by somebody
    58        else.
    59
    60   Q.   Does your dust cart have any commercial or advertising