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Fake Lego burned to heat Finnish homes

A multi-ton shipment of Chinese fake Lego that was seized in Finland is being incinerated at a heating plant.

About ten tons of counterfeit Lego blocks were destroyed at the Kymeenlaakso waste processing plant in Anjalankoski on Thursday. The plastic will be mixed with other waste and burned at a district heating plant in Lahti…

Johannes Qvist, regional manager of Lego in Finland said that in addition to commercial considerations, the destruction was also a safety issue, as the pirated Legos do not comply with toy safety standards.

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