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Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions" (www.cbsnews.com)

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Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions"::Danish toy giant Lego said 2 years of experimentation with blocks made from recycled plastic bottles showed they "didn't reduce carbon emissions."

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 81 points 11 months ago

Its because plastics can't really be fucken recycled. That was another lie to keep the machine going for a few more decades.

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Well to be fair they can be, plastic is very recyclable, it's just more expensive than producing virgin plastic, so it's not done :-(

[-] epyon22@sh.itjust.works 39 points 11 months ago

Plastic requires heavy sorting to be able to recycle then once that is done a large percentage is not usable, a small percentage can be used again but needs high energy to do so, low quality plastic is illegally imported to a Pacific island country and the waste is burned in fields. Plastic industries have been lobbying to keep this information as quiet as possible and blame the consumer for not "recycling enough" for decades https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-dk3NOEgX7o

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

It really is not that reusable. Another day in the minefield, another lie is sold.

[-] set_secret@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

this is correct less than 5% of plastics even get recycled.

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