About POP!

POP! is INQUIRER.net’s premier pop culture channel, delivering the latest news in the realm of pop culture, internet culture, social issues, and everything fun, weird, and wired. It is also home to POP! Sessions and POP! Hangout,
OG online entertainment programs in the
Philippines (streaming since 2015).

As the go-to destination for all things ‘in the now’, POP! features and curates the best relevant content for its young audience. It is also a strong advocate of fairness and truth in storytelling.

POP! is operated by INQUIRER.net’s award-winning native advertising team, BrandRoom.

Contact Us

Email us at [email protected]

Address

MRP Building, Mola Corner Pasong Tirad Streets, Brgy La Paz, Makati City

Girl in a jacket

LEGO set to launch first bioplastic collection made from sugarcane

The Danish family-owned toy company LEGO announced that they will be launching their first ever sustainable collection by late 2018. The collection, which will be comprised of botanical elements such as leaves, bushes, and trees, will be made from “plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane.”

image source

“At the LEGO Group we want to make a positive impact on the world around us, and are working hard to make great play products for children using sustainable materials,” said Tim Brooks, Vice President, Environmental Responsibility at the LEGO Group.

“This is a great first step in our ambitious commitment of making all LEGO bricks using sustainable materials,” he added.

The upcoming collection is a part of the company’s sustainability campaign, which aims to have mostly sustainable materials in their core products and packaging by 2030.

image source

The new LEGOs are made from polyethylene, which is a soft, durable and flexible plastic. Even though the material is plant-based, it is technically identical to those produced using oil-based plastic.

Further, the LEGO Group has partnered with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to “support and build demand for sustainably sourced plastic.” The company has also joined the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance (BFA), an initiative of WWF, to secure fully-sustainable sourcing of raw material for the bioplastics industry.

“The LEGO Group’s decision to pursue sustainably-sourced, bio-based plastics represents an incredible opportunity to reduce dependence on finite resources, and their work with the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance will allow them to connect with other companies to continue to think creatively about sustainability,” said Alix Grabowski, a senior program officer at WWF.

Watch the video below:

 

Read more from InqPOP!:

These ‘Gumshoe’ sneakers are made from recycled chewing gum
London installs pollution-absorbing ‘bench’ as effective as 275 trees
Students get a taste of their own medicine after being caught studying for a different subject in class
Twitter reacts to Liza’s defense of her ‘Bagani’ role and Filipino heritage
Doctor shares heartwarming story of meeting a patient’s father after eight years
15 books every feminist needs to read
This guy makes working cameras from the most random things

 

About Author

Related Stories

Popping on POP!