Tackling the tire problem, one toy at a time

Lego, the world’s largest tire maker, walks the sustainable walk when it comes to renewable products.

You may be driving an electric car, but your tires are still a problem for the environment. Particle pollution produced by tire wear was found to be 1,850 times higher than emissions from the tailpipes of modern cars, according to the latest testing. And tire fires are a nightmare: difficult to extinguish, dangerously polluting, and expensive to clean u…