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McDonalds and other "Fast Food" recycling?

After passing by a McDonalds trash bin inside the store, I noticed that the trash was full of paper waste.  I talked to a shift manager about that, asking what they do with all that paper and the response was that it all goes into the regular garbage for disposal.  Meaning: The response: "we have no recycle program in place for customer refuse."  Also, I was told, "I wish there was some way to do that."  I'm shocked because they have a HUGE amount of paper being thrown away daily.  Does this end up in a landfill somewhere?  Does it get incinerated somewhere at some ungodly degree to to get rid of it?  I think this deserves some discussion and hopefully a solution.

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