Waiting in a check-out line a few days ago, my children started begging for toys and trinkets hanging on the impulse-buy racks. Rather than replying with the usual “Not today” euphemism, I found ...

McDonald's plans to "drastically" reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025. The burger giant said Tuesday it's working with toy companies to develop new ideas, such as offering ...

Many large toy companies are trying to become more eco-friendly after decades of relying on environmentally destructive plastic in their products and packaging. The pandemic has created an ...

McDonald’s Japan plans a nationwide rollout of recycled PET (rPET) strawless lids for cold drinks, replacing paper straws as ...

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Kids will get paper games, trading cards, and bio-based toys instead. For forty years, fast food chain McDonald's has been serving Happy Meals to kids. These special boxed meals are known for the toys ...

When Jess Castaneda was a kid, she got her toys when her abuela took her to garage sales. It turned her into a lifetime thrift shopper. As an adult, she became a customer at the Green Bean, a kids ...

Will birthday-party cleanup get a little easier on parents — and easier on the environment? Mattel MAT, one of the world’s largest toy companies, believes so. The maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels ...

(CNN) — Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be ...

West Paw of Bozeman, Montana, is setting sail on a new eco-venture: a collection of safe, nontoxic pet toys and feeding accessories that save plastic from winding up in our oceans. All toys are made ...