The Rise of the Asian Regenerative Ecobrick Movement by Russell Maier & Ani Himawati Presented first at the Bandung Spirit Conference, Université Le Havre Normandie, Master's Degree Program in Management and International Trade Paris, France - February 12 th, 2020 Version 1.0 Published by the Bandung Spirit Conference Subsequent versions published by the Global Ecobrick Alliance www. Ecobricks.org /bandung
What is plastic? Where does it come from?
Plastic comes from oil. Oil comes from the Earth. Oil is nature’s way of sequestering carbon
Oil is extracted and used for making fuels and plastics. But what happens to the plastic once we’re done with it?
Plastic is either dumped, burned or washed away. Sometimes it gets recycled.
What about Industrial ‘Recycling’?
Since 1950, only 9% of which have been recycled, 12% were incinerated and 79% have accumulated in landfjlls or the natural environment . Up until 2016, half of all plastic waste intended for recylcling (7.35 million MT) from 43 difgerent countries was being sent to China. European countries lead in exporting (i.e. Germany, UK, Netherlands, France), contributing to 32% of all plastic exports, followed by the US and Canada 14% of exports to China.
There are different grades of plastic. When recycled, plastic is down-cycled to a lower grade The lower the grade the less the value. The less the value, the less like it is to be recycled again In the end a bottle is eventually recycled down into a plastic that can no longer be recycled.
Plastic loose in the environment degrades into Toxins, microplastics and green house gases There is a general lack of awareness around the world about the dangers of plastic.
Introducing Ecobricks... Ecobricks are a simple solution that put plastic back to secure, circular and local use-- like nature.
1 Ecobricks Sequester Plastic. Ecobricks terminally reduce the surface area of plastic, securing it from degradation by heat, sun, and friction.
Ecobricks Represents Plastic that has been removed and secured from the biosphere.
The History of the Movement 2000: PET bottles are fjlled with sand to make structures in central america. Mid-2000’s: Ecobricking organically pops up around the world. 2010: The Global Ecobrick Alliance is formed, and goes open source and mandalic. 2014: 10,000 schools are ecobricking in the Philippines. 2015: First SMP school begins ecobricking in Indonesia (Bali) 2017 : Jogja is the fjrst city to adopt ecobricking as a munipal solution. 2018 : October, UK Ecobrick Movement ignites 2019 : GoBrik launches and Brikcoin currency hits 100,000 BRK
Mechanisms of the Movement Regenerative Principles Mandalic Collaboration
1 1 Ecobricks are Open Source Ecobrick methods and resources are developed collaboratively and shared freely to the world. The Global Ecobricks Alliance shares its materials on Ecobricks.org using the Creative Commons BY-SA license
1 2 Ecobricks Apply Circular Design Learning from ecology, ecobricks are a cradle-to-cradle building block that can be used over and over again.
1 3 Ecobricks are Transcaste Ecobricks unite rich and poor, east and west, young and old, men and women, and everyone in between.
4 1 Ecobricks are local, non-capital and trans-petroleum. To the extent that designs and methods avoid capital, imported materials and petroleum powered machines the greater the adoption and independent empowerment of local ecobrickers and their communities.
1 5 Ecobricks enable Personal Responsibility and Citizen Empowerment
Movement Stats We estimate that these stats represents the tip of the iceberg of the global movement – only 5- 10% of the actual numbers.
A Millenium View of Plastic Fossil fuels under the earth - no degration, no releases First generation of produced plastic A comparison of plastic management routes over 1000 years - serving global industry 2nd generation of plastic produced degradation -to replace consumption of 1st to toxins full earth 1000 microplastics immersed GH gases 3rd generation of plastic produced years to replace consumption of 2nd Microplastics generated from photodegradation Toxic ash from burning/incineration ecological consciousness generated Blockchain Ethylene, methane produced value generated (brikcoins) generated from photodegration Earth building constructions enabled Leached toxins (phlates, BPA, etc) 100 CO2 generated (i.e. from burning, industrial, recycling, transportation, etc) Plastic put to local community use ecobrick put use in 20 long-term application degradation (earth building) to toxins Dioxins released by low temp burning CO2 electricity, plastic microplastics Dioxins, CO2 is dumped GH gases and ash and ash and degrades produced created 10 Electricity generated from incineration disposal to landfjll eventually all 1st generation ecobrick Consumer Ecological Consciousness raised ecobrick plastic reaches can no longer put use in 5 the biosphere be used short-term application Blockchain value generation (BRK) (modules) degradation More plastic 2nd gen 2nd gen 2nd gen CO2 Generated by industrial processes production of plastic of plastic of plastic to replace 2nd gen plastic reduced amount created to created to created to landfjlled created to of 2nd gen Plastic indefjnitely secured through more replace lost replace lost replace lost plastic replace lost plastic produced plastic 20-50% is dumped 1st plastic 1st plastic 1st plastic 1st plastic to replace 1st produced 1 terminal reduction of net surface Plastic is plastic is area and full earthen immersion. disposal Plastic plastic is incinerated ecobricked to landfjll burned 50/80% of ecobricked oil required or upcycled at low Plastic is or upcycled for 2nd gen temp recycled plastic production Plastic 1st Plastic production zoom in production to explore Hydrocarbons Informal Upcycled Well Single use Industrially Industrially under earth Burning Incinerated (or Poorly Ecobricked plastic Recycled (i.e. crude oil sent to Plastic Plastic Ecobricked) Plastic plastic or natural gas) landfill Plastic
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Terima Kasih! Together we can transition from plastic to ever greener harmony with the cycles of life.
Lead authors The best ecobrick of all, is the Russell Maier, Ani Himawati one that you don't have to make. Ecobricks are a solution Illustrations El Tiburon Grande (Philippines), Jo Stodgel for today's plastic challenge. (U.S.A), Russell Maier (Canada), Astrid Gruber but for tomorrow, let's work (Germany), Elena Malchanova (Trinidad). Fabianus Bayu together to live in a world that (Indonesia) has a lot less plastic and a lot more organic. Published on February 12 th , 2020 at the Bandung Spirit Conference Paris/Le Havre, France And is licensed under a Creative Commons This presentation is free to copy, share Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License and remake. Download your free copy at www.ecobricks.org/bandung
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