Lego axes plan to make bricks from recycled bottles

Toy 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.

Currently, many of Lego's bricks are made using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), a virgin plastic made from crude oil. read more