A Nigerian engineer built his first model house with 14,800 sand-filled plastic bottles; the experiment later grew into 15 houses, including a five-bedroom duplex
- Nigerian engineer Yahaya Ahmed built his first model house with 14,800 sand-filled plastic bottle (Image Credit: BBC)What if thousands of discarded plastic bottles could become part of a house instead of ending up in gutters or landfills?
- In Kaduna, Nigerian engineer Yahaya Ahmed has spent more than a decade exploring that possibility.
- His first model house used 14,800 plastic bottles filled with sand, an experiment that eventually grew into a broader construction initiative.
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- Nigerian engineer Yahaya Ahmed built his first model house with 14,800 sand-filled plastic bottle (Image Credit: BBC)What if thousands of discarded plastic bottles could become part of a house instead of ending up in gutters or landfills?
- In Kaduna, Nigerian engineer Yahaya Ahmed has spent more than a decade exploring that possibility.
- His first model house used 14,800 plastic bottles filled with sand, an experiment that eventually grew into a broader construction initiative.
Sources: Times of India