MCDONALD’S TO STOP GIVING OUT PLASTIC TOYS IN ITS HAPPY MEALS

Mcdonald’s said on Tuesday it will drastically cut the use of plastic in the more than one billion children’s toys it sells globally each year by the end of 2025. The change involves swapping out a plastic figurine of Batman, for example, for one made with a dozen cardboard pieces that kids can put together themselves.

More toys will also be made from recycled or plant-based plastics, Mcdonald’s said. The changes will allow the Chicago-based company to cut its use of virgin fossil fuel-based plastic for Happy Meals by 90 per cent compared with 2018. Mcdonald’s started selling Happy Meals in 1979.