Dutchess. Did you still pay,and consume their products?
McDonald’s is a pretty terrible corporation. (They do have the Ronald McDonald house. )
The effects of their employment strategy, high fat/cholesterol low quality food, and unfortunate convenience are much worse than their recycling habits. The average employees I have ever run across in their ‘restaurants ’ are usually the most incompetent, and clearly unhappy people I’ve ever had the displeasure of interacting with. It’s possible that the location you were at simply had employees that didn’t care about separating the trash from the recycling. It’s also possible that the company says one thing about their desired recycling goals and does another.
I used to work for a grocery store that had a huge plastic bag recycling bin. When full,the manager made me put it all in the trash compressor. He said it was too expensive for the company to store and ship the bags. I was very young then,but even I knew it was fucked up. But I followed orders.
It’s best to simply not contribute money to large corporations. They NEVER care about anything, and all efforts are self serving for them. Any attempted appearance of altruistic behavior is merely a PR move. Usually tax deductible….