The world’s biggest toy maker has worked for years to find more sustainable ingredients for its iconic bricks.
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https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/legos-latest-effort-to-avoid-oil-based-plastic-hits-brick-wall-8046af66World’s biggest toy maker has worked for years to find other ingredients for its iconic bricks; ‘Clutch power’ is keyLego bricks made from other materials have proved too hard to pull apart or have lost their grip.Lego is scrapping plans to make its toy bricks from recycled plastic bottles after determining that switching to the material would result in it producing higher carbon emissions.
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