Lego is forgoing one of its oil-free recycled plastic block prototypes after testing showed the material didn't cut down on carbon emissions. However, the toymaker isn't ditching the effort to make its toys sustainable. In 2021, the company unveiled a ...

London (CNN) — 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 made the decision — first reported by ...

Denmark's Lego said on Monday that it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world's largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work. Lego said it has “decided not to ...

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Lego says it is on track to achieve its goal of replacing the oil in its bricks entirely with renewable plastics by 2032, after inking deals with major producers that can provide fossil-free materials for the long term. But the move means a major increase ...

Lego ditched plans to make oil-free bricks, saying the new material from recycled bottles would increase carbon emissions. The toymaker said it remains committed to making Legos from sustainable materials by 2032. Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images

Danish toy maker Lego is abandoning the idea of making its famous bricks out of recycled plastic instead of from oil-based products, after finding that the recycled material would have more lifetime carbon emissions due to new equipment, Lego’s chief ...