Lego Will Start Using Paper Bags To Replace Its Plastic Packaging After Children Asked Them To
Lego will start trialling the paper bags in 2021.
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Danish toy production company Lego announced last week they will start making both their products and packaging more sustainable.
Lego says it will be investing up to $400 million over the next three years to make the company more sustainable. The company’s first step is removing plastic bags from their products.
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Lego’s ultimate goal is to make all of its packaging sustainable by 2025 and will commence working towards this goal next year, with a trial of easy-to-open, recyclable paper bags that are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council to contain their loose bricks instead of their usual plastic bags.
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This move towards making their products more sustainable stemmed from the millions of children who had sent the Lego Group letters, asking for their products to remove single-use plastic packaging in order to help the environment, according to Niels B Christiansen, the Lego Group’s chief executive, who claimed that the children were the ultimate push towards making their products more sustainable.
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“We have been exploring alternatives for some time and the passion and ideas from children inspired us to begin to make that change,” he said.
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In 2015, the company set a target to make all of their products from sustainable materials before 2030 by expanding their use of bio-bricks, which currently accounts for less than 2% of all Lego pieces.