One of our favorite toys just arrest way of life cool . Legoannouncedon March 1 , 2018 that the plastic plant and other leafy pieces will now actually be made of flora . That ’s right . Legotrees , farewell and all of those fun unripened ingredient will now all be made from a sugarcane - based plastic . The botanical Legos are just the first from the Nordic society that will be made from the sustainable fabric . Lego has said it is committed to make all of its bricks and promotional material from sustainably source materialsby 2030 .
The fresh eco - favorable plastic is technically a polythene , which is softer and more whippy than established plastic . It ’s also the mostwidely used plasticin the world , and though switching to a petroleum - freebioplasticcould make a big wallop , you wo n’t see any change — and the trees , plants and flowers will still be ideal for landscaping around your Lego castle .
" Children and parents will not notice any difference in the quality or visual aspect of the new ingredient , because industrial plant - establish polythene has the same properties as conventional polythene , " Tim Brooks , frailty president of environmental province at the Lego Group , said in a press release .
A hallmark of Lego ’s yield is eubstance . A brick made in the middle of the 20th C will still fit together with a brick made yesterday . switch to this greenish plastic wo n’t vary that fact .
But it does n’t think the Lego society is n’t changing with the times . In addition to its commitment to using only sustainably source materials by 2030 , Lego also is function with the World Wildlife Fund to verify the raw material for the new charge card aresourced in an ethical , environmentally friendly way .
Lego also has pledged to achieve zero waste in its operations by 2030 . In the meantime , the energy used to create all those pointy small bricks and bioplastic Tree is already offset by the company ’s investment inwind power .
