Ecoladrillo

While perusing various wikis to add Permies stuff to, I ran across this interesting thing on Appropedia: the Ecoladrillo, which are houses and other structures built out of empty plastic bottles.

They don't really look like they're made from bottles; there are finishing touches added  to conceal the chief component.

NOTE: The none of the Natural Building forums seemed appropriate for this, so I posted it here.

What a beautiful word! Reminds me of another lovely latin (Spanish) word: chiringuito. It's something like a makeshift beach bar, stand, little shop or tiny house, or all of them in one multi-purpose construction. A chiringuito may be an ecoladrillo too, I suppose :D

I've seen the "pound dirt into plastic bottles for building" which is a variation of this mentioned in the link, in another place. I hadn't heard about jamming other wastes like Styrofoam and plastic bags in which considering all the waste on this planet, I think that's brilliant! Yes, it would be time-consuming on an individual scale, but as a community building project, it would also support youth "ownership" in their school.

In a perfect world, we simply would stop creating so much non-biodegradable waste. A local town determined that the most prevalent single plastic garbage item on their beaches were plastic spoons. They have locally banned plastic cutlery - it was Ucluelat  - so has Tofino - yeah!
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/ucluelet-also-says-no-to-single-use-plastic-utensils-5203194#:

However, until we get to that point, let's find better uses for the results than fouling our beaches or filling our land fills.

Jay Angler wrote:
However, until we get to that point, let's find better uses for the results than fouling our beaches or filling our land fills.

I do not have any obcessive compulsive notion of transforming waste-contaminated-plastic
- it's most prevalent form - back into hydrocarbon or raw material for another round of plastic.

To me it is simple - diesel or energy.

Ben Peterson's Wastebot has shown one way and Amager Bakke another
and Amager Bakke is one of those rare human inventions you WILL WANT
in your backyard.

I have a launched a topic here:

the letter

Basically any container/bag will do but Ecoladrillos are best.

I’ve seen folks use this method in community cleanups, and the thing that stands out to me is how it gets people talking and pitching in. Even if someone prefers other recycling options, turning trash into something sturdy feels like a win. I’m curious how you deal with the long-term durability part, though. Some builds hold up great, others not so much, so any tricks you’ve found would be cool to hear about.