How can we prevent plastic waste from disrupting the ecosystem and create an ecological consciousness against plastic?
Harsimar SinghSeed
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We are all well aware of the dire state of plastic pollution happening in our oceans and how plastic is now the number one enemy of everyone. Plastic pollution has contaminated the whole planet, from the Arctic to the deepest oceans, and people are now known to consume and breathe microplastic particles.
One potential solution for this problem is eco-brick.
Ecobricks are essentially plastic bottles, packed hard with non-recyclable plastics. It is essentially a reusable building block created by solid non-biodegradable waste placed into a plastic bottle to a set density. It helps environment in many ways:
This is a solution to already created and disposed plastics.
They further can be used to make many things such as furniture, walls and buildings. It allows communities and companies to get control of their plastic waste to create modular furniture, garden spaces, walls and even full-scale buildings.
Articles:
https://thesustainabilityproject.life/blog/2018/10/07/ecobricks-plastic-solved/ https://www.makingroots.co.uk/post/ecobricks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecobricks#Ecobrick_building_applications
Eight million tones of plastic end up in our oceans every year, killing and harming marine life. Being a marine life lover, I bring few not so difficult measures that can help us in reducing plastic waste: