Plastic Waste Turned to Plastic Bricks to Build Schools

Ecologists are urging creative solutions to clean up plastic waste choking waterways and threatening ecosystems across the globe. The United Nations Children’s Fund partnered with a Colombian company to turn piles of plastic into the building blocks of education in Africa. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi takes us to school.
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[@alanaweaver8942]

There’s a Ghanaian building houses out of plastic bricks this knowledge should be shared so African nations can reduce their plastic waste in landfills and reduce littering of plastic waste in their communities by keeping rivers and gutters clean of plastic.

[@primodernious]

a house made of plastic will last for 1000 year or more.

[@TalladegaTom]

The link in the description tot he original story does not work.

[@kuraikure6112]

I aslo need to know the proportuons of sand to plastic and the how can I get the mold. I need this for roads and buildings in zimbabwe too.
Many thanks

[@heedfulnewt6625]

This is very cool and sad. Sad cause they have to use plastic. Cool cause those kids deserve better facilities.

[@praiseteo3062]

I wanna produce a block from plastic◾but mine is not so strong I wanna no what can be added

[@plastichouselady]

check out plastic house Ghana on TH-cam.

[@estherodanga4238]

Sand

[@praiseteo3062]

In my innovation I used sand and plastic but no binding agent to keep the plastic and sad together

[@GabrielGarcia-bd4bf]

What can you tell me about the chemical reactions of plastic and UV light from the sun? Do you think it's ok for human health?

[@OfficialOffsideBall]

paint should fix it

[@estherodanga4238]

When plastic is used as a building component, sand is added at higher percentage that is why it is fire retardant. Reaction with UV light is almost non reactive.

[@cable30]

Guessing if anything bad happens cause it is plastic and not brick any, then they gonna have to find new ways to build the rooms safer anytime. just like old places with asbestos, u gotta have like a hazmat crew come in and really get rid of it all then replace with more safe stuff to still use room any. always gonna be flaws when try recycle anything, just gotta find a way around it anytime.

[@buddythegamers8073]

Ah yes the brick here is made of plastic

[@irshad4everyone]

👌

[@plastichouselady]

Please acknowledge the forerunner of this technology - Nelson Boateng of NelPlast, Ghana. Otherwise, once again, a picture if painted of the white man as savior.

[@estherodanga4238]

We can acknowledge Nelson but there are people and companies abroad that have been doing it before Nelson. I look forward to working with Nelson in the near future.