How to Make Ecobricks

Ecobrick making is simple, but there are important guidelines.
Start right— this is a long-term lifestyle habit that you are beginning. Learn the right way in this short one-minute movie.

[neostraws]

Thank you so much! With your video I will be able to help more schools to do ecobricks. More power to your organization!

[srhfitzpatrick]

I'm tempted to try this with Poland Spring bottles. Build a she-shed in the backyard with them.

[eddieleong]

For hard plastics i.e. from boxes, chairs, fences, etc. I will use a shredder to make small chips for inserting. Fill the voids with sand or earth. If the soil is wet, just drill a small hole to vent. Just be creative.

[bikelanez]

We need this in Los Angeles California please

[eddieleong]

You can pack plastic, sand and soil into PET bottles. In fact, using fine sand and soil may fill up the gaps and make it more solid. Someone cut the bottoms of two bottles, insert one into another and just stuff wet plastics collected on the beach. Holes allow the water to evaporate. when sealed, they perform as bricks too. Just be creative, no need to be rigid and follow one style of making the bricks.

[babablanche]

Hello can I use this video to promote ecobrick making in our community?

[Plarndude]

I’ve been packing plastic into plastic bottles as part of my plarn making process. I don’t know what to do with these bottles stuffed full of bits of plastic from shopping bags. I’ve got piles of them. Will someone Please take them?

[remirubel]

does it matter if the plastic is wet or still has food content on it?

[xloves]

Do you have a drop-off center in Cebu Philippines? Please reply, thank you so much! :)