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This Mexican Company Is Converting Plastic Into Affordable (And Eco-Friendly) Housing

• True Activist

There are many problems on this planet in need of remedy, two of which are plastic pollution and extreme poverty. Every year, enough plastic is thrown away to circle the globe four times. Much of this makes its way into the oceans (an estimated 10-20 tons) from landfills and continues to swirl in garbage patches, leaking toxins into the oceans and killing off wildlife that consumes it unsuspectingly.

In addition, roughly 1.2 billion people now live in extreme poverty worldwide or subsist on less than $1.25 per day. 

When confronted with the statistics of the issue, it can seem an overwhelming plight to remedy both at once. But a Mexican startup company believes it has found the solution to rid the environment of plastic while providing low-income families with affordable housing.

Unreasonable.is reports that EcoDomum, founded by Carlos Daniel González, is building eco-friendly, durable, and affordable housing from recycled plastic. 

It is doing this by collecting plastic, melting it down, and shaping it into large panels which are used as walls and roofs to construct insulated houses.

A sample of Eco Domum's pressed plastic. Credit: EcoDomum



 


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