ECOBRICK, The Art of Proccessing Plastic Wastes
Hello Everyone! What image will pop in your head when you heard the word "waste"?... Most of you will surely imagine something dirty,disgusting and to top it all... Stinks.
But, it is not what you think it is! In fact, it can be used to make many crafts that looks as good as new. Mostly, plastic wastes.
First, used plastic could be still be used to make many things, and it clearly breaks the knowledge that we had in mind about plastic being waste. Second, we need to remember that waste is something that could not be used anymore.
Plastic had also been burned for a long time along with other wastes. Which could clearly be very harmful to our health and the ecosystem around us. Because plastics releases Dioxin Molecules that is proved to be poisonous, and to top it off, It could be mixed and falls down with the rain and damage our water sources.
Then, What is the best way to proccess plastic wastes???
The best way to proccess plastic wastes is by recycling it. There are actually many ways to recycle it. One of them is turning the plastic into ECOBRICKS.
ECOBRICKS is a plastic bottle that is filled fully with anorganic and un- biodegradable wastes.
Once you made ECOBRICKS. you can use it as construction blocks. ECOBRICKS could also be used as a furniture modular.For example, chairs, tables, and anything which could be built and took apart like lego blocks. It could also be used to construct gardens, and buildings like schools or houses.
So, what is the purpose of making ECOBRICKS?
It is to push and lock plastic wastes in one place soit won't pollute the enviroment.
ECOBRICKS are also a non budget innovative solution to effectively solve waste problems (mostly solid wastes) for households, individuals, schools and wide communities.
The proccess of turning wastes to ECOBRICKS in order to be fully functioned may not take a short duration. It needs time and plastic materials. But, It's proccess is the most challenging ones. Based on the saying, Fine Arts needs time to be developed. We can conclude that ECOBRICKS are A Classy Plastic Wastes Proccessing Arts.
Although the challenge is quite hard to pass, ECOBRICKS are a fun way where we can take parts and finally take an action to stop pollutions and to fulfill our dreams of developing a heathier life in our enviroment.
"Ecobricks may not be able to decrease the ammount of wastes. But, with Ecobricks, Plastic wastes could be made into something more visionaire."
Russel Maier ( Canadian developer of ecobricks)
By : Dian
translated by : Theodora Odelia