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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@jeancolby LOL! Well, we can already buy garden sheds that come as kits of plastic panels!
Or, for those of my age, "Bayco". This model house-building system used moulded plastic "brick" panels, windows, etc. threaded onto on thin vertical steel rods plugged into appropriate holes in a perforated base. Not water-tight though....
