Nigerian homes built from thousands of sand-filled plastic bottles are proving to be earthquake proof and 18x stronger than brick. They are up to 3x cheaper to build than traditional houses and help solve the problem of discarded plastic bottles. The project, run by the Development Association of Renewable Energies, employs out-of-work young people and is hoping to persuade the Nigerian government to scale this up and massively increase its impact.
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I saw a documentary on this years ago and it was wonderful. It changed communites, it gave them hope and helped house families and gave them a start to bettering their lives.
All it took was an idea, and someone to show it worked.
Move forward a few decades and this idea has evolved into life sized 3D houses being printed out of recycled waste products like plastic, corn husks and other creative recycled mixtures.
This could be the way of the future. How we limit the amount of refuse we pile up and dig into the earth - instead we build homes, whole communities with it🤗
