[ti:Lego Launches Recycling Program] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Legos have been a popular toy for children for more than 60 years. [00:06.32]When children get older, boxes of plastic Lego bricks often end up unused [00:13.64]and stored in out-of-the-way places around the home. [00:19.68]Parents sometimes end up throwing the Legos away. [00:24.72]Now, the Lego Group toy company is testing a program [00:30.76]to make sure the unwanted bricks do not go to waste. [00:35.48]The program is called Lego Replay. [00:40.00]It aims to make sure the unwanted building blocks continue to make children happy. [00:48.72]Tim Brooks is the Lego company's vice president of environmental sustainability. [00:55.36]He told VOA, "Nearly all Lego bricks we see that are out there [01:01.32]have lots more play value in them —multi-generations of play value. [01:07.36]It's a waste of energy and resources to grind them up and make new bricks." [01:14.16]Brooks said the idea came from parents who do not know what to do with the old bricks. [01:21.80]Placing old Legos in waste containers is not a good answer. [01:28.20]Birds and other wildlife may try to eat what looks like colorful food -- with deadly results. [01:38.28]With the Lego Replay program, parents load unwanted Legos of all shapes and colors into boxes. [01:47.48]Then, they go to the program website and print out a mailing label. [01:54.92]The boxes are sent to processing centers, where the bricks are sorted, [02:00.28]cleaned and shipped to aid groups and donation centers. [02:06.16]Two groups taking part in the test program are Teach for America [02:12.36]and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston. [02:17.12]In the last two months, Brooks said, the two groups have received 3,000 boxes of Lego bricks. [02:25.24]Users have downloaded about 9,000 shipping labels. [02:32.40]Brooks said the Lego bricks made 60 years ago [02:36.56]can still be used as part of a Lego set manufactured just last week. [02:43.84]He added, "You can't think of many things you can buy off the shelf today [02:49.32]that work exactly with something you bought in the late 1950s..." [02:55.60]The Lego Replay test program is set to last through March. [03:00.96]If it is successful, the program may be expanded to include other Lego products. [03:08.60]The Lego Group is also looking at other materials to use in their toys. [03:15.28]While plastic has proved to be the strongest material, [03:20.36]Lego has begun making some bricks out of sugar cane. [03:25.96]I'm Jonathan Evans. [03:28.84]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM