樂高向塑膠說再見！
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真的是太棒了！現在連國際玩具大廠『樂高』也開始研發環保材質製作的玩具！
大家都玩過樂高積木。這些五彩繽紛、充滿無限想像的塑膠小方塊，相信是許多人難忘的小時回憶，它不僅能在遊戲中刺激思考、創造、建構能力，對人格養成也有一定的影響力。
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但縱使樂高再討喜，也不得不面對減塑的環保議題了！樂高公司宣佈將成立永續材料研究中心，花費超過一億五千萬美金，宣告將在2030年前，以永續性的材料替代現有的塑膠原料。
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最早的樂高積木其實是木製的，目前樂高公司平均每年要使用超過六千噸的塑膠材料！隨著時代演變，他們選擇主動面對環保問題，成立永續材料研究中心，預計要聘雇100位材料專家全力投入研發新材料。
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但什麼是永續性的材料？樂高的標準是：「在關鍵性的環境與社會影響面，如石化原料的使用、人權保障和氣候變遷議題上，新產品的碳足跡必須比現有材料明顯減少。」
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新材料會回歸到木材嗎？我們無從得知，一家日本公司曾開發了全木製的積木，也有人試著用木屑、咖啡渣來製造積木。雖然這些材料暫時還無法大量應用，但環保減塑這方向一定是對的，地球只有一個，愛護它是每個地球人應有的責任！
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感謝網友提供素材:
http://www.greenpeace.org/taiwan/zh/news/stories/climate_energy/climate/2014/lego-promise/
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LEGO Bids Farewell to Plastics
It is wonderful news that even international toy maker LEGO is starting to study the use of eco-friendly materials in the manufacturing of toys!
Almost everyone has played with LEGO building blocks. These colorful building blocks help trigger unlimited imagination as to how you can play with them, something most people will recall from their childhood days. The LEGO blocks not only stimulate thinking, innovation and constructive abilities, it can also help shape one’s character.
No matter how delightful it is to play with plastic building blocks, LEGO has to face the challenge of being eco-friendly. To do this, LEGO has announced that it is setting up a US$150 million Sustainable Materials Centre by 2030 to replace all current plastics with sustainable materials.
The earliest versions of LEGO building blocks were made from wood. Today, LEGO uses more than 6,000 tonnes of plastics annually. With global warming, they chose to be pro-actively eco-friendly and plan to employ more than 100 material experts to form the center for sustainable material.
But what is sustainable material? LEGO’s standard is: Any thing that may significantly affect the environment and society such as reducing the use of petroleum-chemicals, violations of human rights and adverse impacts on global warming, and the carbon-footprints of new LEGO’s products.
Will the new products return to the use of wood? We are not sure. A Japanese company was known to have used wood to produce building blocks, whilst others use sawdust and coffee beans pulp. Although such use of materials cannot be on a massive scale, the use of alternative material to be eco-friendly is a step in the right direction. We only have one Earth and it is everyone’s responsibility to protect and save the Earth.
Thanks to netizen for providing the references:-
English reference: https://www.greenpeace.org/archive-international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/save-the-arctic-lego-dumps-shell/blog/50926/
Chinese Reference: http://www.greenpeace.org/…/clim…/climate/2014/lego-promise/
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