LEGO will no longer produce bricks made from recycled plastic bottles due to concerns that this process leads to more carbon emissions than its current oil-based manufacturing process. Apart from requiring new machinery that could harm the environment, the plastic bricks were not sturdy enough and could not hold together. This decision comes two years after LEGO first introduced bricks made from PET plastic and sourced from discarded bottles. The use of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was intended as an alternative to the acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) currently used in its production.
LEGO’s decision to cease using recycled plastic bottles coincides with the Group’s CEO joining other Danish businesses in calling for companies and policymakers to shift toward a green transition for a net-zero future. In August 2023, the company pledged to work with the Science-Based Targets initiative to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions) by 2050. By no longer producing LEGO bricks using recycled plastic bottles, LEGO may be able to reduce its carbon emissions.
“We tested hundreds and hundreds of materials. It’s just not been possible to find a material like that,” Lego Chief Executive Niels Christiansen told the Financial times.
A Lego spokesperson told Reuters that testing and development continued and that the company aimed to make the toys from sustainable materials by 2032.
The company had kicked off efforts in 2020 to replace its plastic bricks by sustainable materials. The difficulty was to find a material that would be environment friendly but give the same colour, shine and sound of an oil-based plastic bricks.
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