see the light of day：诞生，问世

Lego has come under increasing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint amid growing international alarm about the impact of plastic waste on the environment.

在国际社会日益关注塑料对环境的影响之际，乐高公司在减少碳排放方面面临着越来越大的压力。

carbon footprint：碳足迹，碳排放量

It manufactures 19 billion pieces per year - 36,000 a minute - that are made solely of plastic whilst much of the internal packaging is also plastic.

该公司每年生产190亿块塑料积木，每分钟生产3.6万个，而且大部分内包装也是塑料的。

So far, the sole breakthrough has been the development of a line of bricks made from plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane. The green trees, plants and flowers were first included in Lego sets late last year but comprise only one - two percent of the total amount of plastic elements produced.

到目前为止，唯一的突破是开发出了甘蔗提取物制成的植物性塑料积木。去年年底，由绿色的树木、植物和鲜花提取物制成的积木首次出现在乐高玩具中，但只占全部塑料积木产品的1%至2%。

Henrik Ostergaard Nielson, a production supervisor in Lego’s factory in Billund, told the New York Times last year: “We need to learn again how to do this.”

去年，丹麦比伦德乐高工厂的生产主管恩里克·奥斯特加德·尼尔森告诉《纽约时报》说：“我们需要再学习如何做到环保。”

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