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> Volume of plastic from Lego alone would eclipse everything Apple makes. To be fair, Lego don't stop working. Lego made decades ago work just fine today and w
by autoexec 6y ago
> Volume of plastic from Lego alone would eclipse everything Apple makes.
To be fair, Lego don't stop working. Lego made decades ago work just fine today and will continue to work a century later. It's not that making things out of plastic is a sin, it's building planned obsolescence into our plastic products which is wrong.
- coldtea 6y ago>To be fair, Lego don't stop working. No, kids just grow out of it, and parents throw it away...
- Fnoord 6y agoWhy would you throw it away? It has a good second hand value. Give it away, or sell it. There's demand.
- II2II 6y agoWhile I'm sure that happens, Lego is also one of the toys that: is typically played with more and for longer; that gets passed from family to family, is passed between generations, or is resold. It is also less prone to breakage or wear, is relatively easy to clean, and (in many cases) has less plastic than other toys. In many respects, it is the antithesis of what we are talking about since it is not designed to be disposable. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if many people simply toss Lego. Such is our culture ...