Additional Reading
and Data Sources


Reading 1

Cases A and B focus on the work of a Joint Task Force developed by McDonald's Corporation and the Environmental Defense Fund, whose members addressed McDonald's solid waste management strategy and the question of whether to replace polystyrene packaging with paperwrap.

"Case A: McDonald's Environmental Strategy" (View 59K Acrobat file)
"Case B1: The Clamshell Controversy," (View 93K Acrobat file)
"Case B2: McDonald's Decision," (View 13K Acrobat file)
Case C examines the company's reaction to public concern about the sustainability of beef.

"Case C: Sustaining McDonald's Environmental Success" (View 73K Acrobat file)

teaching note (View 42K Acrobat file)
notes on life cycle analysis (View 40K Acrobat file)
solid waste issues (View 21K Acrobat file)

Reading 2

Life Cycle Analysis of a Residential Home in Michigan Mott Foundation, National Pollution Prevention Center

Data Sources

US EPA - L. C. Access U.S. EPA portal to life cycle inventory data and life cycle studies (searchable).