McDonald's Is Making This Big Change to Happy Meals

McDonald's latest Happy Meal enhancement has nothing to do with food. The chain

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announced that by 2025, Happy Meal toys will be different from those given since summer 1979.

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McDonald's aims to "drastically" reduce Happy Meal toys' plastic, per Associated Press. The company is developing toys with alternative

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materials with toy producers to cut "virgin" plastic use by 90%. A billion McDonald's Happy Meal toys are distributed annually. In the future,

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cardboard, plant-based materials, and recycled plastics will be used. In toy production, the company will use safer, more sustainable plant-based dyes.

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These changes will follow the chain's international efforts. McDonald's Happy Meals in the UK include plush and paper toys or books, aligning

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with the company's US sustainability goals. McDonald's is currently making in-store eating trays from recycled plastics.

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This year, the company declared it will remove PFAS from food packaging. Human and environmental health are threatened by these

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substances. The corporation is supposed to eliminate them from all McDonald's packaging by 2025, but many health experts want it to happen sooner.

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