The cooperative bundles the recycling measures and efforts of McDonald's restaurant operators in Switzerland and Liechtenstein in the sense of self-help to achieve the most ecological and highest possible recycling rate of waste and to keep costs as low as possible. These recycling measures and efforts include the promotion, development, improvement and implementation of waste treatment, including recycling, of McDonald's restaurants in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In addition, self-help for efficient energy management and the bundling of purchasing as well as the purchase of renewable energy are within the competence of the cooperative. The cooperative can extend its activities to other areas in the sense of self-help through a corresponding revision of its statutes.