An Eco Brick: Reduce Plastic Pollution.

Plastics have transformed our lives. Plastics replaced cloth bags, glass bottles and many others. We use plastic almost everywhere. It is low-cost, lightweight and resistant to weather. Undeniably it added much value to the environment but unfortunately has its own disadvantages.

Because of its all time heightened usage, no recycle it is found everywhere thrown. This is not a degradable element. It is making a lot of negative impact on mother earth.

In 2003, An environmental activist in Guatemala proposed and developed an idea of “Eco Bricks”. She built a wall with eco brick and has inspired many people and have started using Eco Bricks building walls, foot steps, furniture and in many places where bricks can be used.

What is an Eco Brick?

An Eco Brick is a used plastic bottle tightly packed with used plastics like chocolate wrappers, milk covers and other utilities covers.
You can stuff macro plastic like bags, caps, wrappers and micro plastic elements like small plastic items.

Advantages of Eco Bricks:
1. Since plastic is a non-degradable material, it guarantees longevity.
2. Plastic is Waterproof and colorful.
3. Helps rivers, oceans.
4. Low cost bricks.

How to Make an Ecobrick?
1. Take a used clean bottle.
2. Fill in non degradable items like wrapper, foil, small bags in bottle.
3. Compress and fill in the bottle. Make it very very hard.

Here is nice video by Quest for Eco by Rohini. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjtTEZTFE34

You can use it OR let me know I will collect it and use it. I am from https://paryavaransanrakshan.org/ a wing of RSS.

You can Google about how to use Ecobricks are used to get an idea.