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.

Two years after Lego unveiled a prototype made from recycled PET plastic — a supposed improvement from the oil-based plastic the company’s bricks have historically been made from — Lego said ...

Lego said it has "decided not to progress" with making its trademark colorful bricks from recycled plastic bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate, known as PET, and after more than two years ...

After previously announcing that it would be pivoting to recycled plastic bottles to make bricks, Lego is now walking back on that promise. The toy manufacturer has given up on its plan to use ...

Lego is forgoing one of its oil-free recycled plastic block ... environment compared to its traditional bricks, which are mostly made from oil-based plastic called ABS. However, after two ...

Lego, which produces billions of bricks every year ... In 2023, Lego abandoned the possibility of using a specific recycled plastic, polyethylene terephthalate (RPET), after finding that it ...

Stronger than concrete, Circular11's recycled plastic bricks were revolutionary. Though the bricks are no longer in production (more on that later), they set a daring precedent that established a ...

Toymaker Lego said Wednesday it is 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.

Toymaker Lego said it was on track to replace the fossil fuels used in making its signature bricks with more expensive renewable and recycled plastic by 2032 after signing deals with producers to ...

This week, the toy maker announced it was eliminating the use of oil in its bricks and replacing it with renewable materials and recycled plastic. But that doesn’t mean Lego sets will cost ...