The LEGO Group announced that it has started using e-methanol, made from renewable electricity, water and captured CO2, in the production of more than 90 robust and rigid LEGO elements, including cross axles, connectors, steering wheels and Minifigure hands.

The use of the new sustainable material follows an agreement announced by LEGO Group with clean energy solutions provider European Energy in 2023 for the delivery of e-methanol from a new Denmark-based “Power-to-X” plant.

The plant, which began operations last year, manufactures e-methanol with up to a 97% reduced carbon footprint compared to fossil-based products, by combining captured biogenic CO2 with green hydrogen produced on-site using renewable energy.

LEGO Group’s sustainability goals include a target to make its products from more sustainable materials, or those produced using renewable or recycled resources, by 2032. The company announced earlier this year that it reached 52% renewable and recycled content in the materials used to produce its LEGO bricks in 2025, up from 33% the prior year.

LEGO Group said that the integration of the new material into its elements followed more than five years of testing, learning and scaling to use e-methanol for the production of plastic.

The company said:

“It’s 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.”