Recycled plastic bottles failed them, but the company plans to use other sustainable materials by 2032.
a new block prototype based on a recycled plastic bottle compound called polyethylene terephthalate in 2021—part of a project to transition away from oil-based plastics which began in 2018. Even in the prototype’s reveal, however, the company cautioned it would be “some time” before builders could expect a more eco-friendly recycled brick to appear on store shelves.
Unfortunately, this pilot phase appears to not only take longer than expected, but ultimately fail to produce a viable replacement for the oil-based bricks. According to
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