# @4ocean on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CokPJSsO1Iv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3969497-4ocean-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5838666546.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-02-12T14:46:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 4ocean (@4ocean) — https://gondola.cc/4ocean

## Caption

Check out this school made from ecobricks in El Quetzalito, Guatemala where several of our crew members are from!⁠⁠
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What's an ecobrick? It's a plastic bottle packed with used single-use plastic to create a building brick! ⁠⁠
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This school was built by semillas_del_oceano, an NGO based in Guatemala. In 2018 they launched #24ThousandEcobricks where they taught children how to fill the plastic bottles with the non-recyclable single-use plastic they had. ⁠⁠
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After they collected over 36,000 ecobricks, the building process began!⁠⁠
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Once the structure was made, El Quetzalito community members of all ages helped weave the ecobricks into the chicken-wire. To prevent the chicken-wire from getting rusty, it was covered with concrete and painted. ⁠⁠
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The classroom is now being used by young schoolchildren in the El Quetzalito community and stands as a regular reminder that it is possible to give trash a second chance at life and that it's vital to continuously raise awareness about ocean plastic pollution. ⁠⁠
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What are you thoughts on this school made from ecobricks?⁠⁠
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#4ocean #ecobricks #oceancleanup #plasticwaste #plasticpollution

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oceancleanup, plasticwaste, 4ocean, plasticpollution, ecobricks, 24thousandecobricks

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