Lego gives up on recycled bricks: BBC News Review

Lego have stopped a plan to make their toy bricks more environmentally friendly. The Danish company say it’s because changing to recycled plastic doesn’t actually reduce carbon emissions. Around 80% of Lego bricks are currently made from an oil-based plastic. The toymaker says it is ’fully committed’ to making its bricks from sustainable materials by 2032. (Images: Getty) 👉Key words and phrases: shelves 🔎 stops, for now -We need to shelve this plan for now because we don’t have enough staff. -The company shelved the project because of their financial problems. axes 🔎 stops completely -I hope they won’t axe my job. They are making a lot of people redundant. -They’ve axed my favourite TV series. It’s not popular anymore. backtracks 🔎 stops progressing -The government are backtracking on their election promises. -Neil backtracked on his promise to wear smarter clothes. ✔️ 0:00 - Introduction ✔️ 0:22 - Story ✔️ 1:13 - Headline 1 ✔️ 2:46 - Headline 2 ✔️ 4:20 - Headline 3 ✔️ 5:37 - Language summary More popular videos to help you improve your English: ⭐ 5 phrasal verbs for travelling 👉 ⭐ Ten English lessons in ten minutes! 👉 ⭐ When to use ’play’ ’do’ and ’go’ for activities 👉 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 ✔️ Visit our website 👉 ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 @bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #lego