Earlier this year, two little girls Caitlin and Ella from\nSouthampton, England, had launched a petition asking fast food restaurants to\nreconsider handing out plastic toys with their happy meals as \u201cthey get\nthrown away and harm animals and pollute the sea\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It seems their efforts have borne fruit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burger King just announced it will remove plastic toys from\nall Junior Meals in the United Kingdom in an effort to help the environment.\nThe move is projected to spare 320 tons of plastic annually. Burger King\nlocations will also accept old single-use plastic toys (not only theirs) for\ncollection, offering a free Junior meal in exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These old toys will be sorted, cleaned, shredded, and melted\ndown \u2013 hence the name of the campaign, ‘Meltdown’. From a statement on\nBurger King’s website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“All toys donated to the Meltdown will be given a new purpose and transformed into play areas for selected stores and special trays encouraging play across our restaurants. This means we are not only eradicating single-use plastic toys from our business, but we are also replacing any new plastics that would have been purchased for the trays & play areas.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n