Plastics Set to Build Our Homes Within the Next Ten Years
Example of recycle plastic bricks, created by Conceptos Plasticos in Columbia. One of various techniques used to create plastic bricks.
With the rise of plastics becoming more and more prevalent in today's media, many have begun to wonder: where will all the plastic go?
Although plenty of environmentalists will tell you that used plastics' only purpose is to sit in landfills, various companies have begun to create other alternatives for disposed plastics, posing more permanent solutions that can better our communities and the environment.
Inventor and engineer Peter Lewis set out to do just that. He found plastics a permanent purpose: homes. As we continue to consume more plastics, our landfills begin to become overflowed, which is why Lewis created a machine that turned plastics into bricks that then build and insolate homes. His bricks are already being used to build low-income homes in places like Hawaii, but hopes to expand his invention across the world.
One of Lewis' plastic bricks.
"..wanted to give used plastic a permanent purpose."
While plastics are currently being implemented into low-income housing options in more underdeveloped areas, why stop there? With more plastics products being produced each year there are more than enough resources for us to begin to construct all homes from the plastics we use while also not having to lower our plastic production and consumption.
In a recent statement, President Donald Trump announced that before the end of his term next year he will be requiring each town to reach a set quota of plastic homes, based on the population of the area. "More plastic homes means more room for large corporations and small businesses to grow, and to increase our economy," President Trump stated. "Plastic homes will allow us to continue to consume more plastic and not worry about the environment, but instead lets us focus on the economy surrounding plastics as we continue to expand as a country." Based on his statement, the hope is that plastic homes will become normal within communities within the next ten years and plastic production will continue at accelerated rates. When asked his reason for supporting the environment when he has lacked to do so previously, he refused comment.
Completed house built from plastic bricks.