Burger King UK will no longer give away plastic toys with children’s meals, amid pressure to reduce plastic waste. The fast-food restaurant chain is also installing “amnesty bins”, encouraging customers to bring in old promotional plastic toys. These will be used to create play areas or items inside the restaurants, such as interactive trays. Burger King estimates this will save approximately 320 tons of plastic waste a year.
The move comes after two Hampshire children petitioned the fast-food giant and its rival McDonald’s on Change.org to stop giving away free plastic toys. McDonald’s customers can swap the plastic toys given in children’s Happy Meals for a fruit bag and, from next year, a book.
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Burger King UK will no longer give away plastic toys with children’s meals, amid pressure to reduce plastic waste. The fast-food restaurant chain is also installing “amnesty bins”, encouraging customers to bring in old promotional plastic toys. These will be used to create play areas or items inside the restaurants, such as interactive trays. Burger King estimates this will save approximately 320 tons of plastic waste a year.
The move comes after two Hampshire children petitioned the fast-food giant and its rival McDonald’s on Change.org to stop giving away free plastic toys. McDonald’s customers can swap the plastic toys given in children’s Happy Meals for a fruit bag and, from next year, a book.