This is very cool and just goes to show you that recycling or in this case picking up plastic bottles and re-using them can save both money and the environment. The Fizzy Bottle Roof Project collected:
- 60 old for sale sign post
- 350 metres of plastic water piping
- 5 sheets of old building site hoarding
- 3 old scaffold planks
- 7000 plastic bottles
Making into a roof. This was part of a project by The Growing Gardens a community garden by Louisa Loakes and volunteers.
As a budget conscious person I firmly believe in their concept- ‘It’s about making do with what you have’, such a true statement and one I am adhering to as much as possible.
If you think about it, everything for this garden or multi-purpose shed was recycled and re-purposed with a contingent of volunteers and a strong commitment to recycling and re-purposing materials that most people throw away.
For more information visit Inhabitat
Hi I live in Alamos Sonora Mexico and have been building with glass and ple astic bottles – art studio, perimeter walls, stairs, etc but this idea of the roof is very interesting. Could you send me more specific information that I can pass on to the contractor who is working with me. In the last 9 months we’ve used 10,000 plastic bottles, 6,000 glass bottles and used 5,000 kilos of “so called garbage”- anything that is non organic. We’re going to start in January on a 140 meter long x 2 meter high perimeter wall and estimate we will be using approximately 30 to 40,000 plastic bottles. Thank you. Lynda
I don’t have any of the information, but I believe they might on their website
I have started a community based recycling program and I have about 50 thousand plastic bottles as well as glass I would be interested in speaking with someone further about future endeavors. Please feel free to contact me via email
This is a great way to recycle bottles. That is a cool roof actually.
regards Manon
I would really like to know how they were used. How were they attached, were they cut in half etcetera? Is there a website that shows step by step instructions?
thanks you
There used to be a few YouTube videos.
Most of the people around us are ignorant and do not put much effort in to recycling.
Currently eco – ATM is mainly used to identify the phone,
this year launched a new version will be able to identify digital cameras,
notebook computers, printers, MP3 and many other electronic products.
24 million tonnes of aluminium is generated each year.