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Mattel Inc. today announced the launch of Mattel PlayBack, a toy takeback program that will enable families to extend the life of their Mattel toys once they are finished playing with them. The new program is designed to recover and reuse materials from old Mattel toys for future Mattel products, and supports the company’s goal to achieve 100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic materials across all products and packaging by 2030.

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“Mattel toys are made to last and be passed on from generation to generation,” said Richard Dickson, President and Chief Operating Officer, Mattel. “A key part of our product design process is a relentless focus on innovation, and finding sustainable solutions is one significant way we are innovating. Our Mattel PlayBack program is a great example of this, enabling us to turn materials from toys that have lived their useful life into recycled materials for new products.”

   

To participate in the Mattel PlayBack program, consumers can visit Mattel.com/PlayBack, print a free shipping label, and pack and mail their outgrown Mattel toys back to Mattel. The toys collected will be sorted and separated by material type and responsibly processed and recycled. For materials that cannot be repurposed as recycled content in new toys, Mattel PlayBack will either downcycle those materials or convert them from waste to energy. At launch, the program will accept Barbie®, Matchbox® and MEGA® toys for recycling with other brands to be added in the future.

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“At Mattel, we are committed to managing the environmental impact of our products,” added Pamela Gill-Alabaster, Global Head of Sustainability, Mattel. “The Mattel PlayBack program helps parents and caregivers ensure that materials stay in play, and out of landfills, with the aim to repurpose these materials as recycled content in new toys. It is one important step we’re taking to address the growing global waste challenge.”

 

Last year, Mattel introduced several toys as part of its goal to achieve 100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic materials across all products and packaging by 2030, including the Fisher-Price® Rock-a-Stack® and Fisher-Price® Baby’s First Blocks, made from bio-based plastics, three MEGA Bloks® sets made from bio-based plastics, and UNO® Nothin’ But Paper, the first fully recyclable UNO® deck without cellophane packing materials.  

Last month, Mattel also announced Drive Toward a Better Future, its product roadmap to make all Matchbox die-cast cars, playsets and packaging with 100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic materials by 2030, in line with Mattel’s overarching goal, and unveiled the Matchbox Tesla Roadster, its first die-cast vehicle made from 99% recycled materials and certified CarbonNeutral®*, available starting in 2022.

Mattel PlayBack will initially be available in the United States and Canada. The program will extend to France, Germany and the United Kingdom through third-party recycling partners.

Programs like Mattel PlayBack are an integral part of Mattel’s broader sustainability strategy and efforts to teach children about the importance of protecting the planet. Mattel PlayBack also supports the company’s ongoing commitment to advance a circular economy, which includes pre-competitive collaborations with other members of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and circular design training, led by global design firm IDEO, for its design, development, global brand and supply chain teams.

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Wait. So Mattel wants consumers to buy their stuff, give it back to Mattel so they can make more stuff, then they want us to buy the stuff again!?!

Only the company that created MattyCollector could come up with something like this.

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4 hours ago, DrLava said:

no, thats not it at all. if you bothered to read the article you'd know it is only accepting used barbie, matchbox, and mega bloks. they are not asking people to buy toys and immediately donate them. if you ever have kids, you will end up with at least one box of mega bloks. if you havent donated it or thrown it out, you can send it here to be recycled into more mega bloks.

this isnt a program designed to make profit, its for positive press, and to help the environment. 

Yeah....

Good post.....

IMHO...

There's a "profit angle" for sure...

Believe that....

Like; "Buy Mattel"!!! "WE CARE ABOUT THE EARTH"

Barbie Knows....That's why we now make...

Reincarnated Barbie!!!! Reborn in another Doll Body!!!!

All your "PlayBack" donated Barbie's or Ken's...

Could be a Barbie or Could be a Ken.....But they are..

All Reincarnated!!!!

Limited Edition of course....Please Help  "Your" Earth...

Well....

They will get press anyway =^)

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