LEGO halted its plans to create its iconic building bricks using recycled plastic bottles, citing concerns that the production process would actually be more environmentally damaging than the current method of using oil-based plastics, the Financial Times reported. The company had been diligently experimenting with recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for several years to find an eco-friendly alternative to acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), the primary material used in the bricks.
Recycled Bottles Not the Answer for LEGOs
A LEGO spokesperson explained that after over three years of testing, recycled PET was not the toymaker's solution for reducing carbon emissions.
Oct 5, 2023
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