Matchbox Has Made A Toy Car From 99% Recycled Materials

Mattel wants to make its Matchbox-branded toys fully from recycled materials by 2030
Matchbox Has Made A Toy Car From 99% Recycled Materials

It isn’t just full-size cars that are set to become kinder to the environment. US toy giant Mattel has announced something called ‘Drive Toward a Better Future’, which will see all of its products under the Matchbox brand clean up their act.

By 2030, Matchbox die-cast cars, playsets and the packaging they’re sold in will be made from 100 per cent “recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic,” Mattel says, in line with plans to do the same across the whole company.

Matchbox Has Made A Toy Car From 99% Recycled Materials

That’s still nine years away, of course, but to give us a preview of what that might be like, Mattel has revealed a new Matchbox Tesla Roadster. It’s made from 99 per cent recycled materials and has a Carbon Neutral certification thanks to carbon offset credits spent on helping Colorado and Montana grassland.

In its construction is 62.1 per cent zinc and 36.9 per cent plastic, both recycled, with the remaining one per cent made from fresh stainless steel. It’ll be sold in zero-plastic packaging made using Forest Stewardship Council-approved paper and wood fibres.

Matchbox Has Made A Toy Car From 99% Recycled Materials

It won’t be available until 2022 (meaning it’ll probably be introduced before the real Tesla Roadster), although Mattel is already rolling out plastic-free packaging. The Power Grabs line of cars are thusly packaged, and there’s an “EV-themed” five-pack of cars that now uses an inner tray made from foam instead of plastic.

All of these efforts are wasted if unwanted stuff ends up in landfill, so a recycling drive is a big part of Matchbox’s plans. Any products with electronics will feature all the wiring, PCBs and so forth packaged in a neat, easy to remove module, for instance, and ‘How2Recycle’ labelling will direct people to the right places to dispose of old toys and packaging. The Matchbox brand is also looking at ways to cut emissions from the production of its toys.

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Comments

Myrmeko (#CTSquad)

I always knew that Matchbox is trash compared to Hot Wheels.

Cringy puns are so funny, tbh.

04/15/2021 - 15:01 |
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Both looks cheap. I’d rather had Tomica Premium than either Matchbox or Hot Wheels, because Tomica Premium die-cast cars looks a bit more realistic and that is where the appeal is.

04/16/2021 - 14:24 |
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Alias

“Mattel is already rolling out plastic-free packaging”
so they’re going back to their old packaging?

04/15/2021 - 21:33 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Alias

I sure hope so, considering that the packaging is what gave it its name lol

04/16/2021 - 11:55 |
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Yusuf Ashari

What is so half-assed about recycling?

04/16/2021 - 14:18 |
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