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Plastic-Bottle Homes Are
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Photo credit: Aminu Abubakar/Getty Images)
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47 billion plastic bottles are discarded annually, and
that is only in the United States.
Worldwide, enough plastic is thrown out each
year to circle the globe four times. In Africa and Latin America,
the citizens are making a difference, taking advantage of the
use of plastic bottles to build shelters for
the homeless.
 In
Nigeria, an estimated are 16 million people are
homeless , but a German firm: Ecotec Environmental Solutions,
has been training people to build homes out of plastic
bottles using The “bottle wall
technique.”
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 Constructing
a shelter using plastic bottles involves a simple process
Collected bottles are filled with sand, then stacked on their sides
vertically with mud or a cement mix in between. This process
creates solid, rigid walls. They are well insulated,
20 times stronger than brick, and fire resistant. A two-bedroom home with
a kitchen, a living room, and a toilet requires 14,000 plastic bottles,
costing
about 75% less then your traditional homes construction. |
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