Toymaker Lego will stick to its quest to find sustainable materials despite failed recycle attempt
Denmarkโs Lego says it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the worldโs largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work.
Homebound children drive surge in Lego sales
Sales of Lego sets surged in 2020 as more children stayed home during global pandemic lockdowns - and parents bought the colorful plastic brick toys to keep them entertained during weeks of isolation. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, file)COPENHAGEN โ Sales of Lego sets surged last year as more children stayed home during global pandemic lockdowns - and parents bought the colorful plastic brick toys to keep them entertained through days of isolation. Chief Executive Niels B. Christiansen told The Associated Press that the โsuper strong resultsโ were thanks to strategic investments made years ago to move more sales online. Consumer sales grew by double digits in all regions, with especially strong growth in China, the Americas, Western Europe and Asia Pacific. The push to online sales helped offset disruption to business from the pandemic restrictions.
Walk through Starry Safari at the annual San Antonio Zoo Lights
SAN ANTONIO โ The San Antonio Zoo is bringing back the annual Zoo Lights holiday celebration and this year it also includes LEGO brick sculptures. All of the different areas of the zoo have been transformed for the holidays and tricked out in festive holiday lights. Whataburger Zoo Lights is included with standard zoo admission and free for annual pass holders and members. More than 95% of the zoo light displays are made using LED lights which are energy efficient and require a fraction of the electricity compared to regular incandescent lights, zoo officials said. The San Antonio Zoo is located at 3903 N St. Maryโs Street and is open seven days a week.
Lego to ditch plastic bags for paper ones in its boxed sets
NEW YORK โ Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones. The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and expects plastic bags to be completely phased out in the next five years. The bags are used to hold loose bricks in boxed sets. About 2% of its pieces, such as Lego trees and bushes, are made of sugar cane,Lego said kids wrote the company asking it to drop the plastic bags. The paper bags, which are recyclable, are easier for kids to open, the company said.
PAW Patrol is here to stay, despite calls for cancellation
The PAW Patrol pups are here to stay, according to a post on the TV showโs Twitter page on Friday. โWe saw a few weeks ago that PAW Patrol, a cartoon show about cops, was canceled,โ McEnany said. PAW Patrol is not canceled. ๐ถ โ PAW Patrol (@pawpatrol) July 24, 2020Many on social media did call for PAW Patrolโs cancellation due to its positive portrayal of the police in wake of nationwide protests of racial injustice and police brutality. But while โCopsโ and โLive PDโ were canceled in the wake of police protests, it looks like the PAW Patrol gang still has their badges.