A Livable House Made of 24,000 Bottles [VIDEO]

When Argentina’s economy collapsed in the early 2000s, a citizen by the name of Alfredo Santa Cruz ended up prowling scrap heaps, looking for trash he could sell. What resulted was an inspiration to build a massively recycled house made of 24,000 plastic bottles. The efforts in building the house have been translated into free courses for other citizens to use similar techniques in building their own homes out of recycled materials.

The houses are made sturdy and waterproof via an interlocking system developed by Cruz. Definitely not as gimmicky as the title to this story may lead you to believe, the house is fully equipped with unique and repurposed furniture. It doesn’t get much greener than this folks —

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