Students at the Karenni College of Social Sciences and Humanities, located at an undisclosed site in a resistance-held area of Karenni State, recycle plastic waste by creating “eco-bricks”—plastic bottles tightly packed with used plastic materials, which serve as an alternative to traditional bricks.
“We introduced a recycling subject to new students during the orientation period. We discussed the types of waste and brainstormed an idea to recycle waste,” Juu, the college’s assistant program coordinator, told DVB.
The Karenni College of Social Sciences and Humanities provides a post-secondary diploma program for students in Karenni State – many of whom have been displaced from their homes due to conflict. It was founded on Jan. 24, 2022 to specialise in social science and social research.
Students are instructed to keep their personal trash rather than dispose of it or burn it, according to the college. The trash is then used to create “eco-bricks” that are used for paving walking lanes at the college.
“We clean the plastic waste such as juice bottles and stuff them with other plastic waste tightly to use them as eco-bricks,” said a student.
Most of Myanmar’s plastic waste was imported from Thailand with almost 7,500 tons entering the country in 2021, stated U.N. Comtrade data.
