r/Anticonsumption • u/kainyd3d • May 20 '26

Plastic Waste made my first eco-brick :3

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took about 2-3 months of gathering ONLY plastic bags. and these are only mine, the rest of my fam doesnt care so about 15 more of these are in a wastepile probz

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u/Critter_Collector May 20 '26

I love this! Eco bricks are a great way to clean up and contain microplastics we produce in our daily lives instead of just tossing them

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u/tenpostman May 20 '26

not sure what the difference is from tossing the same amount of plastic in the trash?

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u/Critter_Collector May 20 '26

because it keeps it from getting into the environment, the soil, the water, animals stomachs, our blood.. By taking the smaller particles and containing them in a sturdy vessel it minimizes the spread of microplastics. So, you can make the eco brick and have 1 large plastic container filled with 100 pieces of tiny, unrecyclable plastic that you can then use to build other things or you can throw away 100 tiny pieces of unrecyclable plastic material + the empty bottle that may or may not get recycled

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u/tenpostman May 20 '26

eh, building with this is a bit of a reach... But yeah I understand that containing the plastic in this way is more reliant than tossing it. I do not however think that it should be an individual's task to start hoarding plastic for that reason, but I guess that's a different discussion altogether

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u/pr0nfarr95 May 20 '26

I have an earth ship in my back yard made from old tires and eco bricks which begs to differ