Lego has abandoned plans to make its famous bricks from recycled plastic bottles, saying that the manufacturing process would be more polluting than the current production of oil-based bricks.

Lego has ditched plans to use recycled plastic bottles to make its beloved building blocks after its efforts toward sustainability did not reduce the company’s overall CO2 emissions. Two years ...

The privately-held Lego Group, which makes its bricks out of oil-based plastic said it had invested "more than $1.2 billion in sustainability initiatives" as part of efforts to transition to more ...

Toymaker Lego has abandoned plans to make recycled plastic bricks after finding the materials would lead to higher carbon emissions. The Danish company said on Monday it has “decided not to ...

Through Lego’s manufacturing process, a single one-liter bottle could produce ten 2×4 Lego bricks. The company tested around 250 variations of PET materials before settling on the final brick ...

The company said its bricks will be made from 50% renewable plastic by 2026. What to shop first 🛍️ What to know 📋 How to talk money 🤑 💸 to your 📩 U.S. Politics Sports ...

The company will do so by decreasing the percentage of oil in its bricks while adding more certified renewable or recycled materials. Of course, the bricks that make up Hagrid’s Hut, the Wicked ...

Toymaker Lego said Wednesday itis on track to replace the fossil fuels used in making its signature bricks with more expensive renewable and recycled plastic, as sales and profits surged.

Lego is moving toward its goal of producing completely oil-free bricks by 2032 after securing agreements with suppliers of renewable plastics, the company said Wednesday.

Lego, which sells billions of plastic bricks annually, has tested over 600 different materials to develop a new material that would completely replace its oil-based brick by 2030, but with limited ...