drivers should have their registration numbers printed on mcdonald&39s takeaway bags according to an ambitious idea from council bosses to stamp out littering.cllr russ bowden lab birchwood, who is in charge of the council&39s budget, carries out weekly litter picks in his ward. he labelled litter levels from takeaway products, including a high amount of mcdonald&39s packaging, as &39incredible&39.cllr bowden insists the community must unite to tackle littering and flytipping, which costs the council more than £600,000 a year, but he believes mcdonald&39s can help reduce the problem.however "mcdonald&39s claims that this is personal data and yet they have cctv recording and cameras at its drivethrough areas. there is certainly a way for mcdonald&39s to do this and it could be a useful weapon in tackling the problem."drive through fast food outlets could be asked to put car numbers on packaging to identify the consumers. litter cameras could be placed at motorway junctions, while chipped dogs would mean dna could be recorded so that dirt can be traced
