The Far Eastern Group sponsored this three story EcoARK moveable Fashion Pavilion for the 2010 Taipei International Expo.
Plastic bottles line the streets of many Guatemalan towns, so a nonprofit is turning the litter into building materials for schoolhouses.
I am struggling a lot to reduce the amount of plastic packaging we use but it is my focus for the new year. We started filling ecobricks late last year and
This Refugee Is Building Homes Out Of Plastic Bottles
...damit hab ich mich im Urlaub beschäftigt:) aus unseren leeren Plastikflaschen wurden bunte Windspiele (davon gab´s diesen ...
As the 5 am wake ups continue, another effect has been an increased desire to learn more. I’m not typically one to go out of... Read More
A problem that many of us face today is the environmental damage caused by the release of plastics, polythene, etc. into the environment after use. The release of the plastics and polythene we use into the environment has caused many problems for the environment as well as for humans and animals. Today, with the advancement...
Plastic bottle bricks have actually been used in Latin America for over a decade to build homes, schools, and many other structures--so the technology's...
Peter Brown grinds up plastic jugs and bottle caps in a blender, then melts them into bricks. He uses the bricks as stock to turn on his lathe. I want…
During the past two academic years, RPCS students have been collecting plastic waste and plastic bottles in order to create and build a bottle brick bench – the second one to be built in the …
AN EAST London primary school’s anti-plastic waste project has seen it collect more than 100kg of plastic in just a few months to help build a reading room for underprivileged children. Stirling Primary School’s Bottles2Bricks project has seen the school produce well over 200 plastic-filled ecobricks, weighing between 300g and 500g a piece.
Did you know that it's possible to construct a house using plastic bottles? In this article, I explain how it works.
In the United States alone, more than 125 million plastic bottles are discarded each day, 80 percent of which end up in a landfill. This waste...
Building construction with plastic bottles are low-cost and eco-friendly. Construction of plastic bottle walls, roofs, and their benefits in buildings is
LEGO has unveiled a prototype LEGO brick made from recycled plastic, as part of its journey to make LEGO products from sustainable materials.
The much-awaited ME by Melia in Dubai is the only hotel with its interiors and exterior both designed by Zaha Hadid, expressing the late architect’s parametric style.
How to Construct Houses With Plastic Bottles !!: Waste bottles for construction? Yes, it is difficult to think of a bottle as a brick. But a mud-filled bottle is as strong as a brick and whatever you can do with a brick, you can do with a bottle too..Plus it has got lots of advantages too... This…
The Lego Group has unveiled a prototype brick made from recycled plastic, marking its latest step in its journey to make products from sustainable materials.
Partially inspired by the reality television show Hoarders, artist and photographer Carrie M. Becker has imagined "a more 'current' view of Barbie's
Ian Dommisse is upcycling your trash to give pre-primary school children a place to learn.
Sounds a little like an art project right? Maybe , but it`s actually much much more than that. D.A.R.E stands for Development Association for Renewable
While manmade plastics have greatly expanded technological and consumer goods, it is undeniable that society throws away too much plastic. For example, in
Il vostro bidone dell’immondizia è pieno di bottiglie di vetro? Perché buttarle quando con un pizzico di riciclo creativo potreste avere una nuova lampada da tavolo, un supporto per candela, degli scaffali o degli utili alimentatori per uccelli?
Everyone who’s been to Central America knows the problem: streets, pavements and much of the countryside littered with rubbish. People seem to have a never ending craving for crisps, sweets and fiz…
This story was updated in January 2021. Bottle Bricks are a simple and accessible technology that can transform everyday plastic materials into a useful
The use of single-use plastics in households has become a pariah. Many people are trying to reduce the use of single-use plastics or to recycle them. One such innovation is creating "ecobricks"—filling empty two-litre plastic bottles with single-use plastics over time—and delivering these to collection points for use in constructing low-cost houses. Schalk Mouton asks Professor Herman Potgieter, the Head of the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, if ecobricks are really a good idea.
