LEGO shares update on the road to sustainable bricks

The LEGO Group might have closed the door on one path to sustainable LEGO bricks in 2023 but 2024 sees eco-success in another area.

The LEGO Group regularly provides updates on its journey to become sustainable, even when things aren’t going as planned, such as when it announced it was scrapping plans to make bricks from plastic bottles permanently. However, just because one avenue of sustainable LEGO bricks wasn’t working, doesn’t mean that the LEGO Group is abandoning all attempts.

In fact, a fresh statement affirms the company’s resolution to make LEGO products from materials that are renewable and recycled by 2032. To do so, the LEGO Group revealed that it increased spending on environmental initiatives by 60% in 2023 compared to 2022. By 2025, the company plans to have doubled its annual spend compared to 2023.

In some areas, the LEGO Group is making progress. One of the latest successes is the introduction of a new material called arMABS to our portfolio. Made from recycled artificial marble, commonly found in kitchen worktops, the material will be used in over 500 different LEGO elements in 2024, including all our transparent elements such as lightsabers, windscreens, and windows, meaning it will be found in around 60% of sets. What’s more, the LEGO Group last year confirmed it’s ‘on track’ for having 100% sustainable packing by 2026.

These findings and the LEGO Group’s plans for the future are summed up in a new video introducing ‘the LEGO Sustainable Material HQ’. You can also read more about the LEGO Group’s sustainability goals here.

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