Another company called Green Toys, based in San Leandro, Calif., makes products using only post-consumer HDPE (the type of plastic used in milk jugs). The process isn’t easy.

American Plastic Toys was founded by the Littleton and Yoquelet families in 1962. The company has about 200 employees and 45 injection presses, with plants in Walled Lake; Rose City, Mich.; and ...

A-hed Lego Struggles to Find a Plant-Based Plastic That Clicks Toy maker’s slow progress shows challenge of scaling up bioplastic Illustration by Stephanie Aaronson/The Wall Street Journal By ...

But it said the new goal will reduce its virgin plastic use by 90% compared to 2018 levels. With more than 5,000 Happy Meals reportedly sold every minute, McDonald's is considered one of the ...

These toys, sold by Mattel Inc., are part of a push by the $104-billion global toy industry to make its overwhelmingly plastic products more sustainable amid a plastic pollution crisis.

LEGO's plastic superheroes, astronauts, knights, and ninjas are, like most such materials, primarily made from oil. Legos have been made this way for nearly 70 years. But the toy company now wants ...

McDonald's plans to phase out plastic Happy Meal toys. The burger chain is cutting down on plastic toys in an effort to be more sustainable by 2025.