Compressing a Plastic Container

The audio begins with the distinct sound of a field-recorder getting started, followed by a series of ambient sounds setting the scene in an outdoor environment. The focus then shifts to the main event - compressing a plastic container. The initial noise is the sound of a plastic bottle being picked up, the unmistakable rustling of thin plastic echoing as it's handled. Without a moment's delay, the crushing begins. The noise is sharp and intense – the abrupt crumpling of the plastic bottle. There is a momentary pause, and then the sound repeats, a rhythmic pattern of destructive force against the weak plastic. It's an act of transformation, reducing the bottle from a whole object to a piece of compressed rubbish. The sound of the bottle being crushed is almost as satisfying as the silence that follows, the brief pause as the now crumpled bottle is released. The crumpling sound ends, and the audio finishes with the softened rustle of the deformed bottle being