San Simon town goes ‘ecobricks’

While the concept did not originated from her, Tayag said that she adopted and brought the idea of ecobricking to San Simon as part of the sustainable ecofriendly programs implemented by the MENRO.

“We all know how many years a piece of plastic needs before it will decompose. And before it can reach that year of decomposition, it may have already choked a sea creature or cause illness to people that is why we need to act faster,” she said.

Through the use of ecobricks, Tayag said that they were already able to construct different products such as tables, chairs and decorative materials that are currently utilized by public schools in the town.

She noted that they asked students and teachers to collect plastic waste and plastic bottles