Today an article was posted on Food and Drink Digital about a number of companies in the fast food industry who are taking steps to reduce their impact on the environment. Not surprisingly, KFC is not one of them. While Starbucks is telling its customers to use less paper cups and providing incentives for customers to use reusable cups instead, KFC is telling its customers not to worry because their paper packaging, which by the way comes from destroyed forests here in the South, is “green”. And while McDonald’s is developing new standards to ensure sustainable forestry practices in its food packaging, KFC is promoting its paper packaging coming from business as usual destructive forestry as “sustainable”. Come on KFC, you can do better. We know you can!

Scot Quaranda

Scot has been with Dogwood Alliance since 2000 and has served as a campaign organizer, field director, campaign director and is currently the communications director. In his role he is in charge of story telling, creative, media relations, and PR. He has a dual BA from Drew University in Psychology and Philosophy and has worked previously with the Fund for Public Interest and in music PR for artists such as Buddy Guy and Ani DiFranco.