Many plastics are, in theory at least, highly recyclable. Unfortunately, in reality, most plastic ends up as waste instead, harming the environment and providing no ongoing value to society. Wanting ...

Lately, every time I open up TikTok and scroll through my For You Page, I've been seeing videos of people cutting up plastic and stuffing it into water bottles to make something called an eco brick.

Lego is forgoing one of its oil-free recycled plastic block prototypes after testing showed the material didn't cut down on carbon emissions. However, the toymaker isn't ditching the effort to make ...

Legos are fun, but rifling through big, unsorted bags of these plastic bricks to find just the right ones isn't. Third graders at Runnels School in Baton Rouge think they have an answer: a Lego shaker ...

Thousands more children on two continents will be able to attend school in new buildings made from plastic waste that would otherwise be discarded. Used plastics already have been used to create new ...

Karthikeyan Kandan receives funding from The Academy of Medical Sciences and Royal Academy of Engineering. In fact only 21% of all the plastic ever produced has been recycled or incinerated. So ...

If it exists, LEGO can replicate it. The Danish-born company has proven time and time again over the years that there’s literally nothing you can’t make from little plastic bricks, from mockups of ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

LEGO has launched a new set called Vestas Wind Turbine, a Creator Expert set featuring bricks made from plant-based plastic that is sustainably sourced. The set is designed to help raise awareness ...

In November 2022, the world witnessed the flight of the Space Launch System rocket for the first time. Coming at the end of a rather short development program (work on it started in 2011) and ...

After decades of relying on fossil fuels to make its plastic bricks, Lego is taking a small step toward a greener future earlier than planned. Europe's biggest toymaker may stop using plastic bags in ...