Ecobricks Success with Trash Hero Trang

Below, Trash Hero Trang shares their successes with using Ecobricks, in their effort to turn the plastic waste that we already have into indefinitely reusable building blocks.

The idea behind an Ecobrick is simple: it’s a plastic bottle stuffed solid with non-biological waste to create a reusable building block. They keep plastic from entering the ecosystem and empowers communities to adopt zero-cost solid waste solutions with many practical applications.

Read on to see how Trash Hero Trang transformed their community and limited unsustainable disposal of non-renewable plastic waste.

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“Of course, we carry reusable bags to make our purchases, and avoid plastic bags or other disposable plastic containers as much as possible but, despite our good will, after sorting, we still had non recyclable plastic waste.

When we heard about the Ecobricks during a Trash Hero meeting in Bangkok, it did not take us long to understand that this concept was a small revolution. Easy to implement, this system is a real solution that enables a household to reduce the non-recyclable plastic waste that would ultimately go to landfill to virtually zero trash.

When we have such a solution and we are aware of the problem of waste and the resulting pollution, we can only try to disseminate that information as much as possible.

Our neighbors immediately understood the same thing as us and, after a few hours, proudly brought us their first Ecobricks!

We have of course shared the information on our Trash Hero Trang page, as well on our personal pages and posted many photos showing the people participating to do some eco bricks. The message spread, and since then, we have been constantly receiving requests for information from people who want to make Ecobricks.

Recently, two teachers decided to create Ecobricks with their pupils; Mrs Arak Uanpanjasin from Saparachinee2 school in Trang, pictured above, and Mrs Piyawan Arunpraphakorn from Budtason school in Surathani, is doing the same with her pupils and intends to use the Ecobricks to build something in their school!

For now, Trash Hero Thailand and all its chapters, so of course, Trash Hero Trang, send their Ecobricks to the Bamboo School in Kanchanaburi, which takes care of children. When their eco-housing project based on Ecobricks as materials will be realized, we hope to help other more local projects in the region of Trang with Ecobricks.

The most amazing thing in that project is to see the reactions of the people who participate – how happy, how excited and how proud the people are to do something good for the environment and at the same time to participate to build something for someone in need in their own community.

It feels so good to be a Trash Hero…”

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To learn more about Ecobricks and draw inspiration for your local community, visit their website and learn to create big change from building blocks.