The first unique plastic bottle village in the world

Isla Colon of the Bocas del Toro archipelago outside Panama is now known as the first plastic bottle village in the world thanks to an extremely unique and environmentally friendly waste treatment solution.

Robert Bezeau, Canadian, developed this project after moving to the Bocas Islands a few years ago. He found a great amount of drifting on the island's coast horribly.

After more than 9 months of cleaning, Robert thought that he had to find a way to do this. That's when the idea of ​​plastic bottles can be used as construction materials popping out.

The building is built from plastic bottles.

'People are gradually changing, the world is constantly changing. If we go to a place where we need to drink water in plastic bottles, surely we have changed. The world population has reached 7.3 billion people, if each of us only drinks 1 plastic bottle a day, we have 2.6 trillion bottles per year, " Robert argued.

The top layer of the house consists of plastic bottles stuffed into a grid.

A large Bezeau-designed house needs about 20,000 plastic bottles. The top layer consists of plastic bottles stuffed into a grid, then covered with a hard steel layer. Such plastic bottles will become insulation for every home. The final step is to cover the concrete walls.

According to Bezeau, including transportation costs, the construction of plastic bottles is still cheaper than the construction of cement. The whole construction process does not need to use electricity.

Such plastic bottles will become insulation for every home.

The house with this plastic bottle is extremely well insulated. Indoor temperature is about 35 degrees, cooler than the surrounding Panama forest. Therefore, this architecture creates a comfortable living space for residents without using air conditioning.

Moreover, the durability of the house is also very high and also ensures safety in floods and earthquakes. If everything goes out of control, plastic bottle walls can be used as floats.

The village also includes an ecological resort with a vegetable garden, fruit and herbs.

Bezeau plans to develop the scale of the project of Plastic Bottle Village to more than 120 houses. There will be a space for yoga, a small park and a clothing store. The village also includes an ecological resort with a vegetable garden, fruit and herbs.

'Unless developed countries organize, educate, and encourage developing countries to reuse plastic bottles that have been discarded, we will abandon the project.

I want to let the world realize that we can reuse plastic bottles for many different applications: insulation houses, temporary post-disaster shelters, cattle houses on farms, swimming pools, tanks water, roads . ' , Robert said.