The end of the plastic era?

For the sake of the environment, Lego is giving up plastic!

Did you know that there are 7 sets of Lego bricks sold every second in the world? So it's easy to imagine the scale of environmental pollution associated with their production - after all, they are always made of plastic. Every year hundreds of millions of tons of plastic are used for this purpose! This is about to change. Lego has announced that it is giving up plastic! By 2030, Lego blocks will be made from a more ecological substitute - recycled sugar cane! The first such bricks have already appeared on the market.

For the time being, sugar cane has been used to make trees, bushes, Christmas trees, palm and flower leaves and all other plant imitation blocks (about 2% of all blocks). The most ecological set of Lego is the "Tree House", which contains 185 such elements. 

Have you noticed differences in the appearance of the bricks? Well, there is no such thing! Sugar cane blocks not only look the same as plastic ones, but are also as durable - so you can play with them for years! This ultimately convinced Lego to make all the blocks from environmentally friendly material.

Lego also encourages us not to throw away the blocks but (if our children have already grown out of them) to give them to others. Ttaht's why the company launched the "RePlay" initiative. All with our planet in mind.