A village made entirely out plastic bottles is being built in Panama

[Judi Lynn]

A village made entirely out plastic bottles is being built in Panama

Harry Readhead for Metro.co.uk
Saturday 7 May 2016 3:28 pm


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Each home takes between 10,000 and 25,000 bottles (Picture: Splash News)
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A small team in Panama hopes to find a use for the 15,000 bottles the average person discards in their lifetime by using them to build houses and other buildings.

Justine and Jeff Catalano’s Plast Bottle Village costs between £104,000 and £208,000 and contains vegetable and herb gardens, a ‘yoga-exercise pavilion, hiking trails, and small manicured mini-parks for barbecues, and outdoor gatherings.’

The PBV, which is still in construction, will cover around 83 acres of Panamanian jungle, and will have between 90 and 120 homes when completed.

Each home uses 10,000 to 25,000 bottles, which, the Catalanos say, ‘goes some way towards leaving nothing behind but your footprints.’

More:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/07/a-village-made-entirely-out-plastic-bottles-is-being-built-in-panama-5867278/#ixzz4839oMBAj

Environment & Energy:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1127101185

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Wow, what a great idea! n/t

[Judi Lynn]

2. So glad you posted. I became tempted to go see if there are pictures of completed houses.

As soon as my eyes focused on this google page, and I recognized what I was seeing, tears covered my eyes on the spot. It looks as if people have really been working on this idea! It is amazing.

I won't do a spoiler alert, just look at this link:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1391&bih=626&q=blowtorch+bob+el+salvador&oq=blowtorch+bob&gs_l=img.1.1.0j0i24.5266.8157.0.12362.13.13.0.0.0.0.150.1344.0j11.11.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..2.11.1327...0i10j0i8i30.fNkytbJkczU#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=houses+made+of+plastic+bottles

Oh, wow!

Thanks!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Thanks, and I'm so glad you posted that link!

Did you click on any of them?

It's very interesting, what happens then.

These are amazing. Humans are so inventive, and these ideas are all so terrific!

Wow.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Clicked on one which opened up plastic bottle boats.

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Wouldn't it be great if all that plastic debris in the ocean could be fished out and converted to useful purposes?

Had no idea people have been hard at work on these things all over the world!

So glad.

Adding another house, in Nigeria:

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Bulletproof & Fireproof House Made From Used Plastic Bottles

Dec 5, 2013 by Off Grid World

This 2 bedroom house built from recycled plastic bottles is bulletproof and fireproof and can withstand earthquakes. Oh, and it also reportedly holds a comfy year-round temperature of 64 degrees F. The bottles were filled with sand and are held together by mud and cement to form a solid wall that supposedly is stronger than cinder clocks.

More:
https://www.offgridworld.com/bulletproof-fireproof-house-made-from-used-plastic-bottles/