XLNT: Plastic bottles solve Nigeria's housing problem

[kpete]

Plastic bottles solve Nigeria's housing problem
November 7, 2011 by Aminu Abubakar



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What a group of activists did was come up with a plan to build a house using those bottles, providing what they say is an environmentally smart strategy of chipping away at a housing shortage in Africa's most populous nation.

With the prototype near the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna now well underway, the group wants to extend its efforts and build more, aiming to unleash what they say is some long bottled-up potential.

Unconvinced? Supporters say those yet to see the structure on the outskirts of the village of Sabon Yelwa can throw stones if they want to. This house is being built to last.

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Outside view of a house under construction in the village of Sabon Yelwa. It is made from capped, sand-filled plastic bottles, each weighing three kilogrammes, or nearly two pounds.

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more:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-plastic-bottles-nigeria-housing-problem.html

[Tansy_Gold]

1. K&R, but 3 kilos = 6.6 pounds, not 2. n/t

[RC]

2. Ahh, what happens when ultraviolet light deteriorates the plastic and the sand starts to run out?

Other than that this is a great idea.

[midnight armadillo]

3. They plaster it before then

well, at least that would be a sensible thing to do.

[kestrel91316]

4. Awesome.