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A green tech that offers a functional use & reuse solution to the problem of disposable plastic containers. The product also tackles problems and needs in the building world.
About
The Need Every year, about 560 billion liters of drinks, especially mineral water, are consumed globally. They are packed in hundreds of billions of disposable plastic bottles, which are then discarded, mainly in landfills. These bottles make up 15-20% of the waste volume, and remain non-degradable for thousands of years. Recycling is an unsatisfactory solution as it only covers about 20% of the bottles used worldwide, and a costly, ecologically unviable process which requires much energy & water, generates pollution and involves down cycling (the manufacture of inferior disposable products), of which only 4% are still used after the 1st year, and the rest are discarded or incinerated. The Product Clicko-Bricks are liquid containers designed for reuse as interlocking smart building blocks. They come in three forms (square; hexagon; triangle) and various sizes. All sizes and forms have built-in integrating & interlocking capabilities in all directions (top & bottom included) with other units in a single structure. Their regular volume ranges between 250 ccl to 4.5 Liters, and as such, they can serve as containers to almost all household needs. The Clicko-Brick containers are produced in the common blow-molding technology, so that manufacturers wishing to produce them would not face exceptional challenges. The containers' connection mechanism may be added along the production line, or, according to a customer's requirements, after the bottles have been used as containers. The mechanism consists of 1-2 straps around the bottle providing a simple, firm, connection mechanism that cannot break apart accidently - The all-sides interlocking mechanism (up and down included) allows for the construction of very large, varied, and flexible structures, with no additional connecting units. For example, when spaces are required in a Clicko-Brick structure (such as for passing infrastructure pipes in a wall), the various sizes allow for that kind of flexible assembly. The ability to create an unlimited number of complex structures makes Clicko-Brick an outstanding multi-purpose product. Various manufacturers (in the fields of construction, agriculture, floating structures, etc.) can design elements & modules that make use of Clicko-Brick as their basic building block. Another advantage of Clicko-Brick is that since it can be filled with various materials (like air, liquids or grained solids) and re-sealed, it is flexible in addressing differing needs, such as weight, buoyancy, fire resistance, thermal & acoustic insulation, and so on. Concept The thing about Clicko-Brick is that once you are done drinking, instead of being left with a nuisance you now have a raw material for real products. What for? Well, just about everything ; people can use it at home, or bring it back (for deposit) and let the industry use it for its needs.
Key Benefits
Clicko-Bricks come in three forms (square; hexagon; triangle) and various sizes. All sizes and forms have built-in capabilities of integrating and interlocking in all directions (top & bottom included) with other units in a single structure. The Clicko-Brick containers are produced with the common blow-molding technology, so that manufacturers wishing to produce them would not face exceptional challenges. The connection mechanism consists of 1-2 straps around the bottle providing a simple, relatively inexpensive, mechanism that cannot break apart by accident. This connection mechanism may be added along the production line, or, according to a customer's requirements, after they've been used as containers. The all-sides interlocking mechanism allows for the construction of very large, varied, and flexible structures of Clicko-Bricks, with no additional connecting units. For example, when open spaces are required in a Clicko-Brick structure. The ability & flexibility to create complex structures makes Clicko-Brick an outstanding multi-purpose product. Various Manufacturers (construction, agriculture, floating structures, etc.) can design elements & modules that make use of Clicko-Brick as their basic building block. The uniqueness and novelty of Clicko-brick, starts by the distinction we draw between plastic, which is cheap, versatile, lightweight, and resistant, which makes it a valuable material for many functions, and plastic waste that is very problematic, due to exactly the same Characteristics. So rather than fight plastic waste, by costly recycling, incineration, or discarding it, all extremely polluting, unviable means - Clicko-Brick offers a much better alternative – a-priori planned reuse, which results with a valuable, functional product to be used immediately at home, or returned to the industry, and be further long term reused as raw building material in numerable ways. Thusly, Clicko-Brick actually offers also a win-win opportunity to all parties involved.
Applications
The first, short term application of Clicko-brick is as a container for liquids. in this category are included water and beverages, but also other liquids such as soaps, shampoos and so forth. The long term reuse, where Clicko-Brick operates as a smart building block, due to Its versatility, Clicko-brick (C.B.) units can be divided to several markets, depending on the chosen market strategy 1. Domestic - this category refers to direct customers usage of C.Bs, and includes the DIY market (reaching 594 Billion Euros in 2019), Games, etc., in collaboration with the industry that will produce complementary units. 2. ‘Clicko-Build’, the Clicko-brick based industrialized construction market can be divided into 3 main areas - Regular prefab, modular building industry,(above 75 Billion $ in 2019, growing at ann. rate of 4% ) which will reuse the returned C.B. units in Modules for walls, floors etc. - Building for Earthquakes prone areas (IE, China produces about 28% of the global plastic bottles, has banned import of plastic waste & has to manage its own. On the other hand 58% of China has seismic activity. If those bottles were Clicko-bricks, china could have reused them for earthquake prone buildings for more than 1.5% of the population…) - Building for Floods prone areas 3. ‘Clicko-Float’ – For mega projects in water, such as solar energy, or agriculture floating fields 4. Building in refugee camps