McDonald's volunteers from Wolverhampton take part in The Great British Spring Clean
The Penn Road McDonald’s restaurant team in Wolverhampton has taken part in the Keep Britain Tidy litter event in a bid to keep local areas tidy. 15 crew members and helpers from the restaurant, which is owned and operated by local Franchisee Ash Raju, collected more than 40 bags of rubbish between them.
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Joining the McDonald’s restaurant crew on the clean-up was Warinder Juss, Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West, Steven Nightingale from the City of Wolverhampton Council and Maxine Adlington Account Manager at Instavolt, who has overseen the instalment of four electric vehicle rapid charging points for McDonald’s customers at the Penn Road restaurant.
Areas of Pennfield the team helped tidy up included The Church of St. John in the Square, Graiseley House and Penn Road.
Local McDonald’s Franchisee, Ash Raju, who owns and operates the restaurant, and who organised the event, said: “I couldn’t be prouder of my fantastic team for giving their time and taking part in the Great British Spring Clean, ensuring the areas we all enjoy are clear of litter – making them a better and brighter place for those that live here. We continue to put people at the very heart of what we do, and this is just one example of our dedication to being a good neighbour.”
Warinder Juss, Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West, said: "It was a pleasure to support the litter picking carried out from McDonald’s on the Penn Road in my constituency, which is also a great way for people to get together on a lovely day and enjoy the benefits of good physical and mental health that such an activity also brings."
The Great British Spring Clean is an annual event, encouraging people to ‘love where they live’ by litter picking in their local community and pledging to collect a certain number of bags of rubbish. This year, in 2025, McDonald’s has pledged to collect 75,000 bags of litter throughout the event.
McDonald’s crew members have been cleaning up litter dropped in local communities for over 35 years. Crews across the UK cover a total of 5,000 miles each week on litter patrols (where they collect all types of litter, not just McDonald’s branded packaging). This equates to 260,000 miles, or the distance from Earth to the Moon since the programme began in the late ‘80s.
McDonald’s is tackling litter in local communities, both by litter picking and reducing the amount of waste its restaurants produce. The brand has been working to make recycling easier over the past four years too, and since 2015, has installed over 1,100 new recycling units, meaning it’s easier to separate plastics and cups for recycling in 85% of its restaurants. McDonald’s also collects used oil from its kitchens and turns this into enough biodiesel to fuel more than half of its delivery fleet.
