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Recycled plastic bottles roofing.
Roof made from recycled plastic bottles.
It is a community garden at deen city farm london run by project coordinator louisa loakes and a regular stream of volunteers.
I stumbled across this amazing example of creative reuse at the growing gardens project.
The strips of material are then combined to create long ribbons which lay on top of the housing structure forming plastic thatch roofing.
The first step is removing the bottle s top and bottom and flattening its cylindrical shape into sheets.
Plastic tiles for instance are made with 30 plastic waste and 70 sand.
The installation costs 68000 eur with the moulds.
Where many see an eyesore others find a business opportunity.
Company jd composites in the building material that makes up the shell of their house.
These folks see mountains of cash in mountains of trash and many successful recycling operations begin with this observation.
The impetus for recycled plastic roof tiles begins with a simple observation.
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Not only is the plastic authentic roof considered a green roofing product being made from primarily recycled materials but it is one of the few products available that is actually 100 recyclable itself.