{"id":182739,"date":"2026-10-23T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=182739"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:50:28","slug":"the-lego-group-starts-making-selected-lego-elements-using-e-methanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/the-lego-group-starts-making-selected-lego-elements-using-e-methanol\/","title":{"rendered":"The LEGO Group starts making selected LEGO\u00ae elements using e-methanol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u00a9 LEGO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

We have started using e-methanol, a renewable material, to help make more than 90 robust and rigid LEGO\u00ae elements, including cross axles, connectors, steering wheels and Minifigure hands.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the result of a\u00a0partnership agreement<\/a>\u00a0to support the production of this material on an industrial scale. Through a process known as Power-to-X, renewable energy is used to produce hydrogen, which is then combined with carbon captured from a biogas facility that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. The result is e-methanol, a renewable alternative that can be used in the production of plastics.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks the latest step on our journey to increase the recycled and renewable materials we purchase to make LEGO products, without compromising on safety, quality or durability. It follows more than five years of partnership, testing, learning and scaling to use e-methanol for the production of plastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been a complex journey. The challenge has not only been identifying a renewable alternative, but also working with suppliers to integrate the new material into existing manufacturing infrastructure and production methods. As such, the e-methanol is fed into a continuous production loop where virgin fossil is also present. This allows us to begin scaling the solution whilst reducing our use of virgin fossil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The introduction of e-methanol is just one small milestone in our wider materials journey. More importantly, it demonstrates the power of collaboration across industries to accelerate innovation and scale meaningful materials solutions that no single company can achieve alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more about the LEGO Group\u2019s journey to increase renewable and recycled materials: https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-gb\/sustainability\/materials<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the LEGO Group<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The LEGO Group\u2019s mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through the power of play. The LEGO System in Play, with its foundation in LEGO bricks, allows children and fans to build and rebuild anything they can imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LEGO Group was founded in Billund, Denmark in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, its name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean \u201cPlay Well\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the LEGO Group remains a family-owned company headquartered in Billund. Its products are now sold in more than 120 countries worldwide. For more information:\u202fwww.LEGO.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have started using e-methanol, a renewable material, to help make more than 90 robust and rigid LEGO\u00ae elements, including cross axles, connectors, steering wheels and Minifigure hands. This is the result of a\u00a0partnership agreement\u00a0to support the production of this material on an industrial scale. Through a process known as Power-to-X, renewable energy is used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":182756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The challenge has not only been identifying a renewable alternative to plastic, but also working with suppliers to integrate the new material into existing manufacturing infrastructure","footnotes":""},"categories":[5571],"tags":[10744,12330,10416,13911,22568,10630,15938,22835,10743],"supplier":[6742,3643,2795],"class_list":["post-182739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-co2-based","tag-carboncapture","tag-ccu","tag-circulareconomy","tag-electricity","tag-emethanol","tag-hydrogen","tag-powertox","tag-recyclates","tag-useco2","supplier-eera","supplier-lego-group","supplier-novo-nordisk-as"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182760,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182739\/revisions\/182760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182739"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=182739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}