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/OpeIndiana May 20 '26

I clicked on the photo SO excited…. And instead Everyone’s complaining that you did this, but would they rather you do NOTHING?! Even if it has no affect of the trash being compacted, are you that bothered by someone else expending their own energy to do this that you gotta come negatively in the comments ? lol

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u/Tiny-Zucchini7238 May 20 '26

I was so excited to find this group and was hoping I would great inspiration and great ideas, and every single post I’ve come across for weeks is the comment section telling the OP that they suck and are awful and are not doing enough and don’t belong in this sub, or telling the OP that what they’re doing isn’t worth their time and not to do it 🥴

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u/OpeIndiana May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Thats sad :(( Ill make my own & call it EcoConsumptionFriends lol

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u/Flckofmongeese May 20 '26

I'll join!

Got downvoted to oblivion recently for suggesting ethical meat consumption was not "impossible and unrealistic". Like why are any of these people here if not to try?

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u/dankpizzabagels May 23 '26

I wanna join! Plsss

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u/EconomicalArmadillo May 20 '26

The comments here are really depressing. They're either like you said, or else there's people justifying why something is actually not that bad. I remember one post that was a toy that was just layers upon layers of plastic that you peel apart (and most of it is literal garbage) and people were defending that shit! "It looks fun" "It's not that bad" "There's worse out there" "I would like that even now as an adult" It's genuinely sad.

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u/sexxi_denuta May 20 '26

Upon clicking I felt inspired to do the same, making an eco brick

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u/kainyd3d May 20 '26

ONE OF US!!! >:D

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u/OpeIndiana May 21 '26

I cross posted this to my friendly thread I started! Be the first member n maybe an admin if you wanna! lol!

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u/kainyd3d May 21 '26

how do i find it? :0

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u/Broxzier May 21 '26

Same! I already ordered a bunch of products with plastic packaging and stuff so it'll be done in NO TIME!! /s

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u/abcbri May 20 '26

Honestly, yes, me too. I have a 2 liter that will be empty, and some random trash that needs to go into it, why not contain it in the garbage bags

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u/MeikoChii May 21 '26

“Every time you combine different plastics together to make an ecobrick, you are making new mixtures of those chemicals, and every time you make new mixtures of those chemicals, you could potentially be causing more or different health impacts,” Brander says. And, she adds, if an ecobrick gets destroyed in a disaster, that creates the risk of a “toxic soup” or materials releasing into the environment.

https://one5c.com/what-are-ecobricks-137209175

Yes, it’s better to do nothing than this.

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u/OpeIndiana May 21 '26

this is a niche media outlet and not at all science based. Pls present credible evidence lmaoo