Lego axes plan to make bricks from recycled bottles - BBC News

The toy giant finds that the new crude oil-free material did not cut carbon emissions.
44 minutes agocommentsCommentsShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsClimate changeImage source, Getty ImagesBy Noor NanjiBusiness reporter, BBC NewsToy giant Lego has scrapped plans to make its bricks from recycled bottles, in a blow to its efforts to cut carbon emissions.
The company said in 2021 that it aimed to produce bricks not containing crude oil within two years.
But on Monday, it said it had found that using the new material didn't reduce carbon emissions.
Lego said it remains "fully committed" to making bricks from sustainable materials.
Lego makes about 4,400 different bricks. Currently, many of them are made using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), a virgin plastic made from crude oil.
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