Defining greener, healthier and more sustainable toys: A case study of L.O.L. Surprise!
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In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Vol. 41, 101661, 01.10.2024.
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T1 - Defining greener, healthier and more sustainable toys
T2 - A case study of L.O.L. Surprise!
AU - Fachina, Stefania
AU - Araripe, Evelyn
AU - Zeidler, Vânia G.Zuin
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2024/10/1
Y1 - 2024/10/1
N2 - This study aims at reflecting on the potential risks of plastic toys for children's health and the environment, from an interdisciplinary approach. At the same time, it aims at contributing with a definition of greener, healthier and more sustainable toys that offer opportunities and alternatives to promote educational, humane, ecological, safer, and healthier play, designed to be benign or free from material or immaterial risks. This is achieved by adopting the main characteristics of Sustainable Chemistry and Critical Education and through the case study of the “L.O.L. Surprise! doll and its plastic world”. The study critically examines the L.O.L. Surprise! doll, encapsulated in layers of plastic and heavily marketed, and shows how its design and promotion are in stark contrast to the principles of greener, healthier and more sustainable toys.
AB - This study aims at reflecting on the potential risks of plastic toys for children's health and the environment, from an interdisciplinary approach. At the same time, it aims at contributing with a definition of greener, healthier and more sustainable toys that offer opportunities and alternatives to promote educational, humane, ecological, safer, and healthier play, designed to be benign or free from material or immaterial risks. This is achieved by adopting the main characteristics of Sustainable Chemistry and Critical Education and through the case study of the “L.O.L. Surprise! doll and its plastic world”. The study critically examines the L.O.L. Surprise! doll, encapsulated in layers of plastic and heavily marketed, and shows how its design and promotion are in stark contrast to the principles of greener, healthier and more sustainable toys.
KW - Child health and safety
KW - Plastic toy toxicity
KW - Recycling
KW - Sustainable chemistry
KW - Sustainable play
KW - Sustainable toys
KW - Chemistry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85196652666&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/f3d089cb-cd68-35d2-ac83-ae07294816f3/
U2 - 10.1016/j.scp.2024.101661
DO - 10.1016/j.scp.2024.101661
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85196652666
VL - 41
JO - Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy
JF - Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy
SN - 2352-5541
M1 - 101661
ER -