Lego Reveals New Prototype Bricks Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles
Lego Reveals New Prototype Bricks Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles
Lego Reveals New Prototype Bricks , Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles.
Mashable reports the prototype is the company's latest effort to become more sustainable.
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The new Lego brick is made from discarded PET plastic bottles.
The new Lego brick is made from discarded PET plastic bottles.
A single 32-ounce bottle can be turned into approximately 10 2x4 Lego bricks.
The biggest challenge on our sustainability journey is rethinking and innovating new materials that are as durable, strong and high quality as our existing bricks and fit with Lego elements made over the past 60 years, Tim Brooks, Lego's vice president of environmental responsibility, via Mashable.
The biggest challenge on our sustainability journey is rethinking and innovating new materials that are as durable, strong and high quality as our existing bricks and fit with Lego elements made over the past 60 years, Tim Brooks, Lego's vice president of environmental responsibility, via Mashable.
According to Mashable, Lego has no timeline of when the recycled bricks might be released, .
But testing and adding color to them is expected to take at least a year.
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According to Mashable, the company announced plans to invest up to $400 million in sustainability efforts in 2020.
Those efforts include its Sustainable Materials Program, social initiatives and efforts to become carbon neutral by 2022.
The company has also pledged to stop making its packaging with single-use plastic by 2025.
We want our products to have a positive impact on the planet, not just with the play they inspire, but also with the materials we use, Tim Brooks, Lego's vice president of environmental responsibility, via Mashable.
We still have a long way to go on our journey but are pleased with the progress weβre making, Tim Brooks, Lego's vice president of environmental responsibility, via Mashable
