24 Mar 2022

McDonald's sues Germany's greenest city over packaging tax

From Checkpoint, 5:57 pm on 24 March 2022

There is a David and Goliath struggle going on between a small picturesque town in regional Germany, and fast food giant, McDonalds.

The tiny town of Tubingen, near Stuttgart, has just 90,000 residents. It is a very environmentally conscious town, with more bikes than Copenhagen, and free buses at night and weekends.

This year, the local council brought in a new tax on takeaway food packaging. The town's only McDonalds responded with a lawsuit.

Reporter Louise Ternouth spoke to author and freelance writer, Srishti Chaudhary, who lives in Tubingen.