The LEGO Brick is Getting a Sustainable Makeover

The LEGO group is enhancing their sustainability efforts with a new prototype brick made from recycled plastic. The new prototype utilizes PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic taken from discarded bottles to create LEGO's first brick made from recycled materials.The development is three years in the making, as scientists and engineers have tested over 250 variations of PET and hundreds of other plastic formulations in order to meet their safety and quality standards. Although a successful pr...