A few pics of the start of the eco-brick build at Jikani community centre in Hogsback.
Each eco-brick contains approximately 1 full garbage bag of plastics that would otherwise end up in landfill.
So far 4000 eco-bricks have been collected. That’s 4000 garbage bags that have been diverted from landfill.
The eco-bricks will constitute the inner wall material for what will be a community room utilised for reading and will probably house a few community computers.
Not only is the utilisation of eco-bricks diverting plastics from landfill; it eliminates the use of a large number of bricks, cement and other building materials that would otherwise be used for the build.
The mortar between the eco-bricks is cob mortar: a mix of clay, sand and straw.
