McDonald’s begins phasing out plastic toys in Happy Meals

McDonald’s said it was also exploring using recycled plastic toys to make new restaurant trays.

One of the new cardboard McDonald’s Happy Meal toys (Dee-Ann Durbin/AP)

McDonald’s plans to “drastically” reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025.

The burger giant said it was working with toy companies to develop new ideas, such as three-dimensional cardboard superheroes children can build or board games with plant-based or recycled game pieces.