{"id":707770,"date":"2026-01-15T11:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:30:20","slug":"fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a325669c262f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a325669c262f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Eng) ECO - C CUBE of WES-Tec Global\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/csvjzoq28xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some plastics never get recycled, no matter how much you sort them. Fishing nets, buoys, agricultural films, and multilayer snack packaging are too dirty or too mixed for normal recycling systems, so they end up burned or buried. Meanwhile, we keep pouring concrete into retaining walls and bases, even though concrete production is heavy on CO\u2082 and performs poorly under tension when soil shifts or water builds up behind a wall.<\/p>\n<p>Eco-C CUBE treats those two problems as one solution. Developed by WES-Tec Global and the Korea Low Impact Development Association, it turns hard-to-recycle mixed plastic waste into a structural block for civil infrastructure. The New-Cycling process melts fishing nets, buoys, and film waste at low temperature without sorting or washing, then extrudes the material directly into three-dimensional interlocking blocks designed to hold back hillsides, stabilize slopes, and form solar panel bases.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/westec-g.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WES-Tec Global<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602971\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602972\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-602972\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"75326eb6e3e1d4cc5db685a4-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"75326eb6e3e1d4cc5db685a4-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Picture a discarded fishing net or multilayer wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er that normally has no second life. Instead of being shredded, washed, and downgraded into pellets, it goes straight into a controlled low-temperature extruder that preserves the polymer structure. What comes out is a dense, high-strength block with better tensile and compressive performance than concrete, which is what you want in a retaining wall trying to hold back a hillside after heavy rain or freeze-thaw cycles.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602974\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-602974\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602973\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-602973\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"75326eb6e3e1d4cc5db685a4-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"75326eb6e3e1d4cc5db685a4-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The three-dimensional interlocking design lets crews stack the blocks into buttress-style or box-style retaining walls without cement or adhesives. Gravity and geometry keep everything stable, which means faster installation, easier disassembly if something needs repair, and built-in drainage through hollow channels so water does not accumulate pressure behind the wall. That drainage feature also makes the blocks compatible with low-impact development strategies that manage stormwater on site.<\/p>\n<p>Each kilogram of Eco-C CUBE reduces about 2.99 g of CO\u2082 compared to business as usual, verified by Life Cycle Assessment through the SDX Foundation. That reduction comes from avoiding incineration, skipping energy-intensive washing and sorting, and replacing concrete. Because the blocks use waste collected through extended producer responsibility systems, they plug directly into existing collection networks instead of requiring new infrastructure to gather and transport material.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602975\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-602975\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-07.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602976\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-602976\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A coastal town shoring up eroding slopes could use these blocks instead of pouring concrete, cutting carbon while handling weight and drainage. Solar farms needing stable panel bases that do not leach heavy metals can be built with Eco-C CUBE instead of traditional footings. To most people, these installations will just look like dark modular blocks, but underneath, they are turning plastic that would otherwise drift in oceans or burn in incinerators into long-term structural work.<\/p>\n<p>Eco-C CUBE does not chase perfect purity or pretend mixed plastics can return to virgin resin. It accepts the messiness and turns it into something structurally useful. For designers and engineers, that shift from trying to eliminate waste to actually building with it might be the more interesting part, treating the worst materials we generate as a feedstock instead of an endpoint.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1820\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602977\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/01\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/eco-c-cube-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/01\/14\/fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fishing-nets-and-snack-wrappers-just-became-retaining-wall-blocks\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some plastics never get recycled, no matter how much you sort them. Fishing nets, buoys, agricultural films, and multilayer snack packaging are too dirty or too mixed for normal recycling systems, so they end up burned or buried. 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