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How-To Bottle Brick

Bottle Bricks are plastic bottles stuffed full of inorganic landfill trash (plastic bags, wrappers...etc) until they become compressed like bricks. Bottle bricks are used around the world to build benches, houses, school buildings, and other structures. It is best for the bottles to be of similar size. Its crucial that you use a sturdy stick to compress the trash inside the bottle. Check out the videos, slideshows, and resources below for more information.

Check out our How-to Bottle Brick instructional video

Check out our Downloadable How-To Bottle Brick PDFs:

- English - How-To Bottle Brick PDF
- Español - Como Construir un Ecoladrillo PDF
- Haitian Creole -
Ekolabrik PDF
- Brazilian Portuguese - Garrafa Tijolo PDF
- German -
Stopf Deinen Müll in Eine Bottle PDF
(Can you help translate this into another language? Let us know!
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Check out our Downloadable How-To Bottle Brick Coloring Page for Kids!

Time-Elapse Video of
Making a Bottle Brick

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136 bottle bricks were collected after only 3 days in Kibera, Kenya
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This infographic can be used to explain the concept of bottle bricks.

                                  How-to Bottle Brick Slideshow

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