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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2011
- For more information: www.samarpanfoundation.org
CONSTRUCTION WITH PLASTIC BOTTLES
Do you remember the last time you bought a drink in a plastic bottle? Chances are that you threw away the bottle, without a second thought, when you were done. That's what most of us do. Plastic is one of the most disposable materials in the modern world. It makes up much of the street side litter in urban and rural areas. It is rapidly filling up landfills as well as choking water bodies. Plastic bottles make up approximately 11% of the content of landfills, causing serious environmental consequences.
Samarpan Foundation has chosen to transform and repurpose this overlooked and environmentally harmful plastic bottle into one that is a useful resource. They have constructed a functional living space in New Delhi, using hundreds of used PET bottles instead of conventional bricks. Discarded PET (Polyethelene Terephthalate) bottles were collected, manually sorted by size, compactly filled with mud and sealed. Then these bottle bricks were cemented together to construct the floor, walls and roof of the dwelling.
A mud filled bottle is as strong as a brick and has many other advantages. It forms a valuable alternate building material. Low cost and maintenance, along with its long life, make it excellent value for money. PET provides very good alcohol and oil barrier properties and generally good chemical resistance. The orienting process of PET serves to improve its gas and moisture barrier properties also. PET bottles are non biodegradable. Therefore any structure made with it can last a couple of hundred years or more. And then at the end of its life, the structure may be recycled and reused once more!
Plastic has high tensile strength to weight ratio which makes it strong, durable and versatile. Samarpan Foundation has used this concept to reinforce walls of dams and wells in Goa.
Bottle walls act as heat insulators. The Indian armed forces at Siachen use mud filled jerry cans in large numbers to construct living units. The jerry can walls are covered with parachute fabric to provide effective insulation and warmth against the ruthless and freezing Karakorum winds.
Mud filled PET bottles are non brittle and can therefore withstand heavy shock loads without fatigue or failure. In earthquake prone and flood affected areas plastic bricks structures with its high impact resistance can prevent large scale damage to properties and washing away of homes.
Replacing conventional bricks with plastic bottles will help the environment in many ways. Waste creation will be greatly reduced as bottles become a resource and attract value.
Improved sustainable management of plastic bottle waste will greatly reduce pollution of land and water bodies. It will help reduce carbon emissions during baking of bricks and also considerably lower the demand for conventional construction materials. As the volunteers of Samarpan Foundation discovered, these innovative bricks are easy to use and build. In rural areas this can lead to the creation of new jobs especially for women and youth.
Recycling plastic bottles is a great idea. So next time you buy that drink in a plastic bottle, think twice before chucking the empty bottle. Your small contribution can definitely add up to make a big difference.
Video by www.samarpanfoundation.org --- May 2011
Stuff like this reminds me how beautiful humanity is
What is with the negativity?
Someone has thought, what to do with this vessal that lasts FOREVER that is cloging up our oceans, landfill etc. we have plenty of sand and lots of lovely hepfull people. Lets build a school.
Instead of diging a big hole to get clay, molding it, burning fuel to bake them.
The reason why people don't do more things like this is just down to ignorance and laziness.
Dont worry, I thought the same thing whilst cruising the comment section. People being negative and criticizing.
They are feeding their egos only.
I think this is very resourceful if you have the ability to get free building materials why not use them?
Digging has two ds.
I can't see why people would need to bitch and moan since the half life for pet bottle is 450 years, it would have been even better if they had been building with glassbottles since the half life of glass is one million years.
WR Mesher you mean g’s. And there are actually 3 of them.
it's being realistic with world's conditions and we have to deal with it ... this is amazing guys ...
It seems that plastic bottles filled with sand are better construction material than bricks because of resistance, thermal isolation and durability. That's what I read online.
Cool idea!
im gonna make me a plastic bottle house in my back yard this is hell of awsome
Have you did it?
….hell no 😫….I was 15 when I wrote this ?? lmfaooo ….I bet the thought was nice at the time tho 🤣
What a creative way to keep this product out of the landfill! This may even provide all the insulation they need. Kudos!
Dear Sir, how kind of you to post this wonderful innovation. Please answer these interesting questions about this bottle classroom.
Temperature inside and outside in hot summer please.
Temperature inside and outside in coldest winter please.
Video showing sound of alls when thumped please.
What damage to the wall has occurred since the making of this wall?
Thank you , may you be blessed in your work and life.
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खूपच छान
त्या सर्व कामगार अणि त्यांच्या varishthana माझा सलाम
Amazing and truly inspiring. The things we can do if we only set our minds to it. Thank you for this video.
I absolutely love this way of building!!! It allows for very little monetary input, even less if one uses cob/adobe clay, sand, straw/fiber mixture instead of cement!!!
I plan on building this way or similar, but I will be using cob/adobe mixture not cement!!! The only thing I would advise anyone to change just to make the structure even more strong, not that it isn't already but this would add against all types of threats towards even better strength, that would be to alternate the bottles! I would do every other bottle in the opposite direction, i.e. bottom then top, then bottom and so forth, instead of all bottles facing the same direction, and this will allow for fish net, or chicken wire or string wrapped around every lid, to be on the inner and outer side of wall giving the cob or cement mixture on both sides something to grab on to, plus it would make the thickness of the cob or cement thicker by a supported means of the net and the necks of the bottles making both sides of wall all the more strong and stable without the need of any extra support being added!!!!
Just my humble idea! I hope it helps someone!!!
+James Watt This type of construction is actually more earthquake resistant than traditional building methods. It's the rigidity of masonry walls that cause them to fail during an earthquake. The plastic is less rigid and allows the building to move with the earth to an extent. Think of the building as being made out of thousands of small shock-absorbers.
I was wonder about the erthquake survivability of this construction.
annamuseet Plastic absorbs shocks and sudden movements. Research :P
Good point makes sense now that I think about it.
wrong them bottles are round and soft plastic ..bricks would hold up long before the round soft plastic bottles! Bottles and bricks theres no comparison and 11 ppl liked the fact of such a statement. Theres no way bottles stacked are even close to bricks stacked!
Although I agree using modern construction components is always the best route, this structure is incredibly durable under earthquake conditions. czcams.com/video/7MAaCQCzgbs/video.html
If this idea caught on. The demand for plastic bottles would surge. No more pollution in our waterways oceans.
dis really touch my heart...... dis is a real education......nothing is useless.... India says throw plastic.....but dey make it valuable
South African government should take time off their extremely busy schedule and learn a thing or two... This is simply amazing!!!
The bottles are filled with soil or sand to make them CRUSH RESISTANT and provide THERMAL MASS.
You can add an outside layer of empty bottles (filled with air) to insulate the Thermal Mass.
Excellent idea useful for many creative minded people.
They decompose in sunlight over time I believe - but remember they are covered with plaster in this application, so they are not directly exposed. With the unbelievably limited availability of resources in areas like these, this type of construction can be a god-send, even if it does not last a 100 years (and hey, it just might do that).
Maybe if I would start developing country, I would use this idea. Thanks!
This has to be implemente right now.
Thanks for the idea.
Great, practical use of our wasted bottles but I just wonder how safe this is.....
Une idée génial! En plus de fournir un abris, un établissement d'apprentissage dans le cas présent. Cette construction recycle les bouteilles en une construction utile qui, réduira la pollution de notre environnement! Wow! C'est fantastique! Économe! Et, tellement pratique pour fournir un abris aux personnes à faible revenu! Tels que, les sans-abris de nos villes lors, des froids hivernales! J'ai publié! Merci!
Bien vu!
Wow! Absolutely brilliant!!
I'd like to iterate on a few points of building like this as I am a Builder myself, after extensive research on PET building, and if others did theirs too they would find that not only are they bullet proof, they are also fire proof and more resistant to earthquakes than conventional homes being built today, no as to the earthquake part this is only fact if the "bricks" are supported to each other using string. Other than that these are one of the best ecologically friendly building styles I have come across and am currently building my own family home based on this style of building
"and" as opposed to "no" about earthquakes :)
Would love to see the results !
What an awesome idea, ending homelessness in America!!! And with a solution to the ever growing problem of plastic bottles occurring in America's refuse sites. Thanks for such an incredible video.
I love this idea. I want to learn more!!!
I was confused in making a house with little money.Now I got a clear idea.thank you.
Carlos, I built 3-Homes with Dry Stack Concert Blocks, filled with Concert and Surface Bond (THERMAL MASS); my homes do not require heating or cooling (22C).
Based on your limited knowledge, the bigger the bottle the more air insulation - while still heating and cooling the structure.
I do not argue with people with limited knowledge.
Love this construction, and using fishnet... never thought of that! Also LOVE the music!
Yeah could you tell us hat music is it ?
felt so inspired and happy when seeing new innovation had improve lives in the 3rd world country.
Seems like a great idea. But What happens in a quake situation?
Wow most amazing thing I have seen! Love it!
Too many people have missed the point in the comment section, however, it's nice to see that many did not.
Nice project. It provides a lot of job opportunities and is also a way of recycling plastic bottles.
THE AMAZING CONSTRUCTION I HAVE EVER SEEN
I too was wondering how strong it would be --- if it's durable it's a great idea
@barcenasfrank Do you always think NEGATIVE? This is a brilliant idea/concept of people using what they can readily get their hands on to achieve something worthwhile and needed! (There is in fact a Pub in NZ that was built over 50 years ago mainly using beer bottles! (I think the contents were used first to prevent waste!)
Throw some siding and some drywall up and you wouldn’t even know what it was made of this is actually brilliant
I think this is great! Way to think outside of the box and make a difference for the better. Forget about all the negativity Nancys on here. Keep with it guys! Cheers from Austin!
What a great idea! Insulation and moisture issues are taken care of.I guess the building cost is negligible compared to a standard concrete home.You can save on renting a house and build a more traditional home later,if the need arises.
Love form Pakistan! Great Idea
This is really a great project. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO SAMARAPAN GO!
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This is a cool concept. I wonder how long this structure will last? It has no real support beams. It's definitely not hurricane proof. The roof would come flying off.
Kelz Folau Shipping containers are low cost and easy to work with not sure if it's really eco friendly but it's kinda recycling. Might be stronger than this design but this is still a very interesting idea and if you don't have to worry about hurricanes blowing your roof away this design would work fine I think.
Kelz Folau
YES --- Dome the ceilings not flat that way the winds blow over not like wings on airplane.
Please do make a research on them. These houses I've read so
Matt Carrasquillo Not only curve design but wind power muti tasking
See live then comment Outside Protection I am commenting
Very well done.
this is amazing.. very resourceful..
Good, how about plumbing and electrical conduits ...how it is done??....suppose to be inside the wall...and then plastering....can u plz make the video of the same..i would like to try as an experiment
Very good initiative keep it up don't listen to duffers from west countries thy are not able to solve there own problem nor they understand indian ground problem
One of the best videos out there
you know this is a great ideal !
very good i take my cap of to you all lol brilliant now you can teach the kids to do the same fair play im impressed
That's actually pretty slick.
india
the masters if improvision since the beginning of time.
Recycling wise, its brilliant, as a start up to building your home when you don't have the money to buy bricks is also brilliant. However,
1. this assumes the person will build his own house, the labour costs of finding that many bottles and packing them (not just filling them) with sand would probably be about the same as buying bricks.
2. The rest of the house is just regular building material,
3. The floor of bottles seems completely pointless, you would just cement level the rubble, what is the need for the bottles?
This is one of those looks like a good idea, when its not really.
dont criticize so much. it is a good idea for whoever did it. they had their reasons. its not for everyone, but no one said everyone HAS to do it. The governmt DOES tell YOU what to do.
The labour required to fill bottles with sand is probably less than that to make bricks. It also requires no water. In the right location, this is a good idea. It is always going to be about the right idea for the right location. We sat with children in Zimbabe about 20 years ago pounding earth to make it suitable for brick manufacture, using valuable water to make the mix and valuable firewood to bake the bricks. It does look like it probably uses a bit more mortar than using bricks. But the bricks produced were very irregular anyway. The children by the way, weren't child labour or anything, they were teaching us how to make bricks so we could help extend their orphanage. They taught us a lot about being thankful for what we have and the true meaning of joy.
If you can find a place that recycles bottle or find a place that throws out hundreds of bottles a day like schools. Schools throw out a shit ton of bottles because these kids love soda! I know that's how it was when I was in school I used to collect the caps from people to get the Coke Reward points to buy stuff I actually got a free TV doing this!!! So labor aside if you know where to look you should be able to get bottles for zero cost. If your really broke I think you can jerry rig some of the building materials like the door or windows, You may be able to salvage old roofing materials from a salvage yard for the roofing. The floor I agree is pointless however I wouldn't have wasted my time with the bottles that could have been done with cement or maybe if your broke salvage some wood build some cross beams and put a wood floor. I think if your really broke you probably be salvaging most of the building materials for this anyways if you just feel like doing this I'd rather get glass bottles they look cool from the outside when you do things like this so if you got money to blow you can make this look really cool that way.
Have you ever made such an house ? In Western countries there are much more plastic bottles, but I never seen a guy building a "bottle house" . So why is it recommended to the third world countries ? Do you have an idea ?
We create = we are creator= this is a grand idea - so proud of you guys
Humans are not the Creators
Yes they are!
@@eyecan8 Not at all.. Creators= Goddess and God.. Humans can only copy what is available in Nature.. And Nature is not human made
Wow great job ..this is all about thinking outside of the box 😍
First of all, great job.
How this house behave in front of a natural hazard? Seismologically I think this would behaves well because of the elasticity, but in front of a strong storm, a flash flood or something simillar... did you have any expert in house risk?
I am not trying to denigrate the house, I just want to know it.
I love the idea! I wonder what temperature the building is?
Talk about keeping things bottled up.
I love this construction and this building style
so the bottles are fixed w mortar, then what else? is is just cement on the inside walls and outside? or is it a special mix or brand or something?? hey looks great and took lots of time..
THAT was inCREDIBLE!
This is a great idea! Now if only I could get over what might happen to bottle-housing in the PNW when Mt.Rainier goes off, or a major earthquake hits.
I can only see this working in a place where it is dry and there are no natural catastrophes other than the standard drought.
Just food for thought. Great idea for warm dry climates though. :P
amazing!
You took the word right out of my type....lol!!
Okay....will do!
I'll drink to that!
THIS BUILDING IS LOVELY! you can do that here in Texas.
Can we really though? This state is so freaking anal about everything.
This is wonderful! Maybe they need volunteers in the future?
Great use of 'waste' materials!
This is so innovative!
Wonder if these would be good for soundproofing?
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well done guys nice job
wow !!!i jus stumbled on this can this be possible....interesting well done
38 people - sale managers of brick companies
Great inspiring work , appreciate your idea and efforts
I would be interested to see how strong these walls are in only 5 years after, when the bottles are partly biodegraded. I thought of this a long time ago but dismissed it because of the biodegredation of the plastic. It only need to biodegrade partially, not fully, to become highly unstable -- in the sense that a chain is broken by its weakest link, not the strength of any other the other links. The tightness of the sand inside the bottles means more places along the bottle to rub against inside and out, and more exposure to environs that further biodegradation..
Of course, plastic buried in a landfill rarely sees the light of day. But in the ocean, which is where a lot of discarded grocery bags, soft drink bottles and six-pack rings end up, plastic is bathed in as much light as water. In 2009, researchers from Nihon University in Chiba, Japan, found that plastic in warm ocean water can degrade in as little as a year. This doesn't sound so bad until you realize those small bits of plastic are toxic chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA) and PS oligomer. These end up in the guts of animals or wash up on shorelines, where humans are most likely to come into direct contact with the toxins.
VERY VALID POINT MADE BY ABLESTMAGE.
I have got another idea...............temporary huts at tourist location can be made with plastic bottles. That will create awareness on mess of plastic bottles and will be fun to live in plastic bottle hut.
are u stupid or what it takes plastic that is wet aka in soil 500 years to desintegrate, its more durable than concrete thays why its such big environmental problem
excellent idea for housing for the very poor.will save close to rupees 90 thousand worth of bricks in nepal. that is truly low cost..
Fantastic Project,Cheers
Cool. Good idea
There is a reason this took place in another country and not America.
Whats the reason?
The simple fact that between building codes, buying permits, taxes, etc this would NEVER be allowed and would NEVER happen.
And that's the reason most people hate this Country and its Government cause people never can do anything without breaking the law and this country wants you to have a permit or license to do anything even to sell stuff or ride bikes.
Tyree Simmons While I do agree with you. Building codes have a purpose. One being safety. So for me, it can still swing both ways.
Best country in the world eh ?
its fentastic creation .........
Innovation , wonderful ....
very clever,nice video
Two questions
1. What were the dimensions of the room built
2. Approximately how many water bottles were needed / reused :)
At least 6000 bottles were used
so you have a lot of water and soda to drink...
Super Arbeitsbeschaffung
That is so freaking cool. I showed this video to three others, they all said "cool".
The Roof should be built exactly like the floor.
awesome idea..
nice job well done
Awesome! Thanks a mil for the sharing and inspiration.
Wise words and sad at the same time.
seems like a good idea and solves some issues, but i heard that the sea shore mud would be used to fill the bottles to build, so river mud was exploited now you are sighting sea shore mud, isn't there a way you can use normal mud you dig out for foundation and other waste contruction mud processed and filled into the bottles rather than exploiting river and sea shore mud
you have big hearts, guys!!!! it is so amazing and inspiring!! I`d like to do the same!! please, can u tell about technology of your construction????
I'll be very grateful to u!!!!
Sangat kreatif dan ramah lingkungan.....jadi pengen buat...
Utilizing water would be asking for leaks, through puncture of freezing.
Compacted Soil is the best solution.
Made my jaw drop that's amazing!!
gracias por el video
Question: How long before the bottles break down? and had the material (i.e. plastic bottle bricks been tested for "off gassing?
Thank you in advance for providing the answers to these questions.
I think plastic takes about 500 years to breakdown i think
In (sadly) normal conditions, aka laying on ground in the sun with a lot of exposure to the elements, a plastic bottle can last somewhere between 100 and 500 years.
These eco bricks also have a varient where you can stuff shredded plastic inside the bottles and not use sand. It takes a little more force to compress but it's even more sustainable.
Covering the eco bricks in mortar is going to double the lifespan of the bottles with aproximation. Ensuring that each bottle is covered up nicely will keep water and air out. Insulating and plastering will keep the bottle walls in tip top shape for a lot of time.
You can esentally cover the walls in anything you like, just make sure the bottles themselfes are stuffed to the brim and completly covered in mortar.
@@100Foxes thank you
@@carbonfiber1995 thank you
great job guys!!!
The only good thing about this is the environmental side (recycling of bottles)
Basically this is a normal low cost construction with bottles instead of bricks.
If a real LCA was performed on that, I doubt it would show any benefit. The amount of voids that need to filled with plaster (read: bad material in terms of environmental impact) appears to be significantly more than what bricks would require to obtain a flat surface.