I feel that compared to virtually every other use of plastic, Lego is probably the most benign. Compared to other toys, it is better built, lasts longer, doesn'

I feel that compared to virtually every other use of plastic, Lego is probably the most benign. Compared to other toys, it is better built, lasts longer, doesn't need batteries, doesn't use obsolete/deprecated protocols, isn't fashionable / faddish, and is therefore typically used for a long time by a child through the years and then frequently reused by several people/families/generations. My son is still playing with basic Lego bricks that were my older cousin's bricks in the 80's. The amount of plastic waste we've caused and gone through in the last 40 years is many many many orders of magnitude higher than those few sets :|