Ecobricking is a way to stop single-use plastics from deteriorating into microplastics in landfills or creating toxic gasses in the atmosphere after being burned. As much as we would like to believe that plastic is going into the recycling, according to the EPA, only 8.7% is actually being reused. I am doing research on the effectiveness of ecobricking as a tool to improve mindfulness of plastic usage. I want to spread awareness to the failures of recycling and the effectiveness of ecobricking by sharing my research. Not only do ecobricks help quarantine single-use plastics from poisoning the Earth, they can be used to build things. Furniture, plant potters, and even houses have been built from ecobricks. This is an idea worth sharing because plastic usage is here to stay and if we want to be able to exist on a healthy earth, we need to start reducing our plastic usage and containing plastics that already exist now. Ecobricking has the real world benefits of containing plastics and building structures, but also the mindfulness component that is going to be necessary for people to start curbing their habits. I am a second-year political science major with a concentration in comparative government and two minors: peace and conflict studies and international studies. I am an Alumni Laureate Scholarship, which is given by the BGSU honors college. I am on the executive board for Undergraduate Student Government and the College Democrats. I am also the vice president for Pi Kappa Delta and work on campus as a student learning analyst and a peer facilitator. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx