For this material-switch rollout, Lego has made the admittedly cute decision of using it to produce playsets' tiny Lego plants—as in, trees, shrubs, vines, and patches of grass.

Though plants offer alternatives to oil-based plastics, they can’t yet provide a solution to our growing pollution crisis. The kinds of plant-based plastic products Lego plans to produce are a ...

Lego pieces — including green bushes, trees and leaves — made completely from plant-based plastics will be available for purchase this year. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

The large, rounded leaf of 'Stingray' alocasia tapers into a whiplike tail, its shape an uncanny resemblance to the creature that lives in the sea. Houston Zoo horticulture manager Joe Williams ...

LEGO produces roughly 19 billion elements each year , and until recently, most of those bricks, minifigures, and accessories were made using oil. Now ... bushes, and trees for now.

Lego's leaves, bushes and trees are going properly green after the Danish toymaker said they would be made with plastic sourced from sugarcane. The pieces will be included in Lego's box sets from ...

The Tokyo based Azuma is no stranger to the beauty of botanica, often using living plants and fallen leaves to create sculptural works. His LEGO bonsai is a contrast to this- using plastic blocks ...