If it makes you feel better, lego is actively chasing this out and switching to paper packaging! I've started to see it more and more on newer sets.
At least they've stuck with cardboard + paper packaging on everything else from the start.
Though, the fact lego is in of itself plastic sorta will always be an inherent problem... lol
Though in all honesty, Lego is Lego because it's made of quality plastics. I have Legos that I played with and young nephews are now playing with them. On top of that, new Legos fit with the old ones. This toy is being used for 30 years and it will continue to do so for decades. I can't think of any other toy that could be called more sustainable and timeless than Lego.
Yeah, I have a lot less issue with plastic products that are actually high quality enough to last and not part of a disposable product category
I’ve said it before but if hypothetical aliens would ever come to me to ask for proof of human intelligence i would show them lego.
Since they're using ABS they have done some experiments with using recycled plastic. I think the biggest challenge is to get the quality to their standard. I don't think they made any pledges (didn't bother to check either) but they are at least testing the waters!
Non-single-use plastic isn't really a problem. It's no worse than equivalent metal parts.
is there even a way we could make legos work without plastic?
Yes! Unless you're including also being cheap to makw in "work". The japanese Mokulock is essentially wooden lego, but its trickier and more expensive to make precisely engineered wood than plastic.
I bet some dude with a beard could make it out of hemp
I think if you made them out of ceramics you'd get into a museum of modern art
They wouldn't snap together if they were made of ceramic
Add magnets! Imagine the snap a ceramic Lego would make with strong enough magnets inside. But it would cost a fortune and a set of 200 pcs would be 6 kg...
I know that plastic recycling was a scam for the most part (types ~~5 & 7~~ 4 & 6 specifically). ~~But that's type 2 plastic (HDPE) which is properly recyclable in 99% of places. So that's a plus.~~
Edit: Apparently my eyes are shit and that is type 5. So no silver-lining here after all, just more dread.
Edit 2: I've been informed that types 4 & 6 (plastic bags/wraps and Styrofoam) are the bad plastics. So this is recyclable in a lot of places. Silver lining restored!
The packaging? I think you may have misread it. It's 5.
I think you need to zoom in. You're looking at it from the back, so it's not a 2, it's a 5, and it says PP for polypropylene next to the resin identification number.
Build in the bag
Build in the bag
You’re the one that bought it
Actually, my friend bought it.
