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Re:Lego Struggles to Find a Plant-Based Plastic That Clicks by benologist on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:21PM (#20170731)
Even if you keep it for decades it's got millennia left to be someone else's trash and landfill, so it's still worth substituting something that biodegrades.
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Re:Lego Struggles to Find a Plant-Based Plastic That Clicks by thrower123 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @09:40PM (#20171148)
No thanks. The older bricks break down and become brittle and discolored if exposed to sunlight enough already.
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Re:Lego Struggles to Find a Plant-Based Plastic That Clicks by Arbalest on Thursday June 13, 2019 @06:30AM (#20173349)
A product that doesn't last multiple generations to be passed down, and justified by the use of green materials? Sounds like a business dream.
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Re:Lego Struggles to Find a Plant-Based Plastic That Clicks by cure on Thursday June 13, 2019 @05:32PM (#20178765)
I've got some from ~25 years ago that are discolored due to exposure to sunlight. There are ways to fix that (http://lego.jtooker.com/whitening/). I haven't noticed them getting brittle, though.

I've also got some bricks that are much older (from the 60s I think), and are still usable. They haven't spent time in the sun, so they are not even discolored.

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