Lego's plan to recycle by EMILIO DANIEL RUIZ RAYMOND https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928 Business Management en-us 2021-06-23 17:31:46 UTC 2025-11-18 22:14:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/688176691/7f84b9c4a47b45bce7e63ee3a5122757/lego_PNG78.png Toy giant Lego is aiming to put bricks made from recycled drinks bottles on shelves within two years. emilioruiz3 https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622091489 2021-06-23 17:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622091489 Is it really a good idea? emilioruiz3 https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622101076 Using recycled plastic will help to cut those emissions, and the firm also wants to use more renewable energy in its processes]]> 2021-06-23 17:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622101076 How does this initiative help the Earth? emilioruiz3 https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622107241 Lego decided to carry on making them durable, rather than biodegradable, and is banking on people saving the blocks and not throwing them away. With this strategy, plastic would be not wasted and damage the Earth]]> 2021-06-23 17:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622107241 What is the biggest challenge about doing this? emilioruiz3 https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622114896 The biggest challenge with the new blocks is getting the "clutch" right, he said.

That is, children being able to stick them together and pull them apart with their fingers, regardless of the ambient temperature.
]]> 2021-06-23 17:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622114896 The principal idea emilioruiz3 https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622125718 Mr Brooks, Lego's vice president of sustainability, said the two types of blocks should fit together and be interchangeable like any Lego product.
The next stage will be to add colours to the prototype bricks, and test them with children and adult fans.]]> 2021-06-23 18:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emilioruiz3/3te9xh8y9rbu2928/wish/1622125718