Lego Unveils First Prototype of Sustainable Building Blocks

A 592-square-feet Lego city is on display in Zvenigorod on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia. Timur Murtazin, the founder of Lego museum Let's Go, started building some of the pieces at 6 years old.
Source: Lego Group

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By Christian Wienberg

June 23, 2021 at 12:50 PM UTC

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Lego Group unveiled a prototype building block from sustainable materials as part of the toymaker’s plans to wean itself off oil-based plastic.

Lego said it used recycled plastic from discarded bottles, after testing more than 250 variations of sustainable plastic material over three years. On average, a one-liter plastic PET bottle provides enough raw material for 10 standard-sized bricks, the Danish company in a statement on Wednesday.