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Bottle to Brick Recycling

I am an undergraduate studying Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Cambridge and I am currently part of a team working to design a process that can convert an ordinary plastic bottle into an interlocking brick. By doing so we would hope to help relieve the two issues of increasing levels of PET plastic sent to landfill, and a lack of adequate housing in the developing world. As a bit of context, we have already seen several examples of communities using plastic bottles concreted together as a building material - our project would seek to eliminate the need for concrete.

Is there anyone out there with any views on the project, and whether you think that this would be a good idea that could go somewhere and meet a real need. If this idea were to be made a practical reality, would it be be used and be able to make a difference in the developing world?

Any help or advice that you could give in this matter would be very greatly appreciated.

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Bottle to Brick Recycling

I am an undergraduate studying Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Cambridge and I am currently part of a team working to design a process that can convert an ordinary plastic bottle into an interlocking brick. By doing so we would hope to help relieve the two issues of increasing levels of PET plastic sent to landfill, and a lack of adequate housing in the developing world. As a bit of context, we have already seen several examples of communities using plastic bottles concreted together as a building material - our project would seek to eliminate the need for concrete.

Is there anyone out there with any views on the project, and whether you think that this would be a good idea that could go somewhere and meet a real need. If this idea were to be made a practical reality, would it be be used and be able to make a difference in the developing world?

Any help or advice that you could give in this matter would be very greatly appreciated.