La Global Ecobrick Alliance (GEA) préconise l'écobricking comme moyen de transition pétro-capitale et séquestration plastique.

La GEA maintient des normes pour l'écobrique qui sont divisées en six catégories basées sur les six critères de la GEA pour la séquestration du plastique. Les normes d'écobriques de la GEA garantissent que les critères de séquestration du plastique ont été respectés et que notre écobriking est conforme aux principes de l'éthique terrestre et à l'exemple de la Terre pour verdir la biosphère.

Une écobrique doit remplir les critères suivants :

• Être créé par un processus à but non lucratif qui profite à la Terre
• Compressez et sécurisez manuellement le plastique usagé en un bloc de construction transparent qui peut être réutilisé indéfiniment à court et à long terme.
• Il en résulte que plus de plastique et de CO2 sont soustraits de la biosphère que ce qui a été ajouté par le processus de fabrication
• Résulter en la création d'applications qui contribuent au maintien et à l'encouragement de la biodiversité
• Augmenter la conscience écologique individuelle et collective des personnes impliquées dans le processus.

Le plastique emballé selon ces normes et authentifié comme tel est considéré par le GEA comme une contribution écologique précieuse. La GEA maintient la chaîne de blocs Brikcoin et la plate-forme GoBrik pour permettre l'authentification des écobricks selon ces normes. L'authentification entraîne la marchandisation du plastique écobrické authentifié.

Actuellement, la GEA reconnaît trois types d'écobricks : les écobricks ordinaires, les cigbricks et les écobricks océaniques. Voir ci-dessous les normes techniques pour chaque type d'ecobrick.

Les normes d'écobriquage et de séquestration ont été développées par des écobrickers du monde entier et ont été affinées et sont maintenues par la GEA.

ℹ️ En savoir plus sur les critères de séquestration du plastique.

ℹ️ En savoir plus sur l'exemple de la Terre.

Normal ecobricks are made with any size of transparent PET plastic bottle. The bottle and the packed plastic are clean and dry to prevent the growth of bacteria. Typically, ecobrickers use a wood or bamboo stick to manually pack plastic into the plastic bottle. Plastic is cut or ripped into small pieces then packed little by little, alternating between adding the plastic and compacting it, layer by layer. The bottle is rotated with each press to ensure the plastic is evenly compacted throughout the bottle. This helps prevent voids and that the packing reaches the requisite solidity needed for a building block applications.

Completed ecobricks are packed solid enough that they can bear the weight of a person without deforming and to prohibit easy flammability while maximizing its durability and re-usability.

To be an ecobrick, the following standards must be met:

• The ecobrick is made using a transparent PET bottle
• The ecobrick is only packed with used plastics that have been cleaned and dried.
• The ecobrick’s density is higher than 0.33g/ml
• The ecobrick must have a density of 0.70g/ml or less
• The ecobrick is sealed tight with a screw down lid.
• Care has been taken taken to prepare the ecobrick as a reusable building block:
  • The label has been removed and ecobricked.
  • A bottom color has been added
  • The weight has been permanently recorded on the outside.

Only ecobricks that meet these standards can be authenticated and count as sequestered plastic.

View our 10 Step Guide on Making an Ecobrick

Cigbricks are a class of ecobrick to secure the potentially toxic plastic/acetate of the cigarette filters-- one of the most prevalent and damaging of all plastic pollutants. Cigbricks are made exclusively from the packed acetate filters of cigarette butts once the paper and ash has been fully removed.

To be a Cigbrick the following standards must be met:

• A density higher than 0.29 g/ml
• A maximum density of 0.70g/ml
• Only packed with acetate cigarette butts – the paper and ash have been removed.
• The cigbrick is sealed tight with a screw down lid.
• Care has been taken taken to prepare the cigbrick as a reuseable building block:
• The label has been removed and ecobricked.
• A bottom color has been added
• The weight has been recorded on the outside.

Only cigbricks that meet these standards can be authenticated and count as sequestered plastic.

Learn more about Cibricks.

Ocean Ecobricks are a class of ecobrick designed for plastics found on beaches, rivers and in the ocean. These plastics tend to be large, chunky, dirty, and wet and are not suited to make a regular ecobrick. The Ocean Ecobrick technique enables these plastics to be easily transformed into a practical, useful, and reusable building block.

To be an Ocean Ecobrick the following standards must be met:

• A density higher than 0.25 g/ml
• A maximum density of 0.70 g/ml
• Are packed with as much plastic as possible
• Sealed tight (but not air tight).
• Care has been taken taken to prepare the ocean ecobrick as a reuseable building block:
• The bottle's label has been removed and ecobricked.
• A bottom color has been added
• The weight has been recorded on the outside.

Only ocean ecobricks that meet these standards can be authenticated and count as sequestered plastic.

Check our page all about Ocean Ecobricks.