How Lego builds a new Lego set

Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by Spivak on Friday December 15, 2023 @09:54AM (#38654760)

The fact that Lego is making a decision that is directly against their own financial interest should unring the bell. Making quality things that last forever is the Reduce and Reuse of the recycle triangle. All of my childhood Legos are now owned by my nieces and nephews.

> But Lego has now revealed that after more than two years of testing, it had found that using recycled PET didn't reduce carbon emissions.

> It said the reason for that was because extra steps were required in the production process, which meant it needed to use more energy.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66910573

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Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by cush on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:22AM (#38655636)

Exactly. Reduce and Reuse Are the only valid paths for plastic and Lego is the most reusable. Recycling plastic is bullshit and single-use plastics should be banned.

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Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by SillyUsername on Friday December 15, 2023 @02:16PM (#38657576)

That's a really good point, it had crossed my mind. I do wonder if at some point Lego will change to some sort of subscriber model to keep shareholders happy. The Lego company seems to be one of the last "good" companies to not want to fleece customers, and that would be down to their part family ownership I suppose. Pessimistically I think "all good things...".

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Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by eichin on Friday December 15, 2023 @02:44PM (#38657935)

Fortunately, the "shareholders" are a couple of the grandchildren of the founder; it is entirely family owned, not publicly traded.

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