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Re: Question about recycling Lego
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lugnet.lego
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Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:03:00 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Wayne Sardullo writes:
> I'm not exactly sure if this is something that has ever been asked but, has
> LEGO ever considered a recycling program for older used bricks... While the
> business side of something like this isn't totally profitable it could at
> least reuse resources that already exist.
I asked that question when I was touring their factory several years ago.
(One of the coolest benefit of the years I spent as a LEGO employee -- being
able to tour the factory! I was holding bricks in my hands while they were
still warm out of the moulding machine! <sigh> )
Anyway, the response was that they couldn't get the quality of bricks that
people expect, if they used recycled plastic. Their current moulding
process reuses the 'tree' pieces, there is a readout of what percent is
'new' plastic, and what percent is the recycled 'trees'. If the numbers get
outside a certain range, the quality drops.
And we all know how much we expect our new bricks to work perfectly, every
time...
JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) I have to concur with John. I've worked in the injection molded plastic business, molding lexan parts for computer chip manufacturing. (Lexan is a high strength GE plastic). Any time you reuse plastic, the quality does drop a little, as the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.lego)
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| I'm not exactly sure if this is something that has ever been asked but, has LEGO ever considered a recycling program for older used bricks... While the business side of something like this isn't totally profitable it could at least reuse resources (...) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.lego)
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