{"id":15214,"date":"2019-09-19T09:42:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T08:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=15214"},"modified":"2019-09-19T09:42:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T08:42:04","slug":"burger-king-will-remove-all-plastic-toys-from-kids-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/burger-king-will-remove-all-plastic-toys-from-kids-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Burger King will remove all plastic toys from kids meals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burger King UK will no longer give away plastic toys in children’s meals in an aim to reduce plastic waste. This also comes after two sisters started a petition for them to remove the plastic toys from the meals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The fast food chain says removing plastic toys will save an estimated 320 tonnes of waste annually. The plastic saved will be used to create new play areas and restaurant items including interactive trays.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Burger King said the decision was part of a wider commitment to reduce its use of plastic and was pushed to the idea by sisters Ella, nine, and Caitlin McEwan, seven, who started a petition against Burger King and McDonald’s to\u00a0“think of the environment and stop giving plastic toys with their kids meals”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The girls wrote:<\/strong> “Children only play with the plastic toys they give us for a few minutes before they get thrown away and harm animals and pollute the sea.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Half a million people have signed the partition .<\/span><\/p>\n

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#BKMeltdown<\/a> is here!<\/span><\/p>\n

As of tomorrow we’ll be removing plastic toys from our junior meals across the UK. We are melting down plastic toys for good! pic.twitter.com\/mW3R0lSl1d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Burger King (@BurgerKingUK) September 18, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n