Lego puts $400m towards making its toys from sustainable materials
Lego uses about 90,000 tonnes of plastic in its products each year but since 2018 it has made some of the less rigid parts of Lego sets, such as plants and trees, from bio-polyethylene
15 September 2020 - 15:06
Copenhagen — Danish toy maker Lego said on Tuesday it would invest $400m over the next three years to step up efforts to produce its colourful bricks using sustainable materials instead of oil-based plastic.
The investment will help Lego to reach a target of becoming carbon neutral by 2022 in terms of its production, as well as phase out single-use plastic in packaging by 2025, and replace plastic bricks with ones made from sustainable materials by the end of the decade...
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