McDonald's case
McDonald's QC's opening speech in the McLibel Trial
McFact Cards - detailed information about the business

Defendants' case
Opening speech in the McLibel Trial
Defence on environment.

McLibel judgement
The verdict on rainforests The verdict on recycled paper

NB. See the McLibel pages for more on the trial, or the
daily transcripts for the evidence heard in court.

 
McLibel witnesses
Complete list of witnesses

Rainforests
DF - S. Branford,researcher - DISPOSSESSION, DEFORESTATION (AMAZON)
DF - Jean Carriere, expert - DEFORESTATION (COSTA RICA)
DF - R. Cummins, researcher - LANDLESSNESS, DEFORESTATION (LATIN AM.)
DF - George Haneka, campaigner - BRAZILIAN SOYA, GERMANY
DF - Prof.Susanna Hecht - DISPOSSESSION, DEFORESTATION
DF - Peter Heller, film-maker - 'JUNGLEBURGER'
DF - G. Monbiot, researcher - DISPOSSESSION, DEFORESTATION (BRAZIL)
DF - Siegfried Pater, journalist - McD's GERMANY & BRAZIL
DF - Sergio Quintana, McD's supplier - BEEF EXPORTS (COSTA RICA)
DF - David Rose, journalist - RAINFOREST (COSTA RICA)
DF - Charles Secrett, Director, FOE - RAINFORESTS
DF - Douglas Shane, reasearcher - TROPICAL FORESTS, MULTINATIONALS
DF - Laura Waters, campaigner - MISLEADING PR, RAINFORESTS
DF - Fiona Watson, Survival Int. - INDIGENOUS PEOPLE (BRAZIL)
DF - Franz Wirtz, campaigner - BRAZILIAN SOYA, GERMANY

Recycling and Waste
DF - Paul Connett, incineration expert - DISCHARGES, DANGERS
DF - Theo Hopkins, forester - PULP PRODUCTION, FOREST DAMAGE
DF - Ann Link, researcher - PACKAGING, WASTE, RECYCLING
DF - Brian Lipsett, researcher - STYROFOAM, US CAMPAIGNS
DF - Colin McIntyre, residents rep. - LITTER
DF - Bryan Bateman, BPBIF - RECYCLING & PAPERMAKING
DF - David J. Kouchoukos, Perseco - POLYSTYRENE
PL - Robert L. Langert, McD's - PACKAGING
PL - T. Mallinson, "Forests Forever" Campaign - DEFORRESTATION
PL - Edward Oakley, McD's - POLYSTYRENE RECYCLING
PL - Paul Preston, McD's - LITTER & GENERAL
PL - Casper Van Erp, Perseco - PAPER
PL=Plaintiffs' (McDonald's), DF=Defence (Morris & Steel)

press articles
Index of press cuttings
Duke Takes Big Mac To Task In The Land Of French Fries Fast Food Giant Justifies Packaging Burger the environment (Michael Jackson visits McDonald's) Scotland on Sunday; 12 Jan 97
Sorted McGarbage Burned Soder om Soder; 20th March 96
McDonald's hit with fines and legal costs for polluting English waterway Reuters 24 July 1997

books and reports
Chlorine, Pollution and the Environment by the WEN Trust
Foodmiles - An Examination of the Cost of Food by Tim Lobstein
Chlorine, Pollution and the Parents of Tomorrow by Ann Link
Pesticides, Policies and People by Peter Beaumont
Beyond Beef by Jeremy Rifkin
Hoofprints On The Forest by Douglas R Shane
Zum Beispiel SOJA by Siegfried Pater / Boris Terpinc

interviews
H. Lyman, former top US cattle rancher
Sue Branford, Brazil specialist
C. Secrett, Director, Friends of the Earth
Vandana Shiva, Indian ecologist

essays
Why KFC is an Ecological Issue (India) by Dr Vandana Shiva
The New Livestock Policy (India) by Dr Vandana Shiva
The New Repression by Dr Vandana Shiva

debate
Try the McDonald's section of the McSpotlight Debating Room.

McDonald's publications
McFact Cards - The Environment

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