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Alabama Newscenter — Lego Unveils First Prototype of Sustainable Building Blocks

| June 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

By Christian Wienberg
Bloomberg

Lego Group unveiled a prototype building block from sustainable materials as part of the toymaker’s plans to wean itself off oil-based plastic.

Lego said it used recycled plastic from discarded bottles, after testing more than 250 variations of sustainable plastic material over three years. On average, a 1-liter plastic polyethylene terephthalate bottle provides enough raw material for 10 standard-sized bricks, the Danish company said Wednesday.

Lego has so far set aside about $400 million to go green and is working on finding sustainable materials for the almost 100,000 tons of plastic bricks it produces each year. It has some 150 employees working on sustainable projects.

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