COPENHAGEN, Denmark –
Denmark’s Lego stated on Monday that it stays dedicated to its quest to seek out sustainable supplies to scale back carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to make use of recycled bottles didn’t work.
Lego stated it has “determined to not progress” with making its trademark vibrant bricks from recycled plastic bottles fabricated from polyethylene terephthalate, generally known as PET, and after greater than two years of testing “discovered the fabric did not cut back carbon emissions.”
Nonetheless, the toymaker stays “absolutely dedicated to creating Lego bricks from sustainable supplies by 2032,” it added
Two years in the past, the privately-held group which makes its bricks out of oil-based plastic, began researching a possible transition to recycled plastic bottles fabricated from PET plastic, which does not degrade in high quality when recycled.
It had invested “greater than $1.2 billion in sustainability initiatives” as a part of efforts to transition to extra sustainable supplies and cut back our carbon emissions by 37% by 2032, Lego stated.
The corporate stated it was “presently testing and creating Lego bricks made out of a spread of different sustainable supplies, together with different recycled plastics and plastics made out of different sources reminiscent of e-methanol.”
Also called inexperienced methanol, e-methanol consists of waste carbon dioxide and hydrogen, created through the use of renewable power to separate water molecules.
Lego stated it’ll proceed to make use of bio-polypropylene, the sustainable and organic variant of polyethylene — a plastic utilized in every part from shopper and meals packaging to tires — for elements in Lego units reminiscent of leaves, timber and different equipment.
“We consider that within the long-term it will encourage elevated manufacturing of extra sustainable uncooked supplies, reminiscent of recycled oils, and assist assist our transition to sustainable supplies,” it stated.
Lego was based in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen. The identify derived from the 2 Danish phrases, leg and godt, which collectively imply “play nicely.” The model identify was created unaware that lego in Latin means “I assemble.”