How Bricks Are Made From Plastic Trash | World Wide Waste | Insider Business

A company shreds, melts, and molds a secret mixture of hard-to-recycle plastics to make solid bricks and beams. The building materials are cheaper and faster to assemble than most traditional ones. The system has helped increase waste collectors' income and address a shortage of school buildings in Ivory Coast.
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[@korencek]

poor people not knowing that fumes that this walls produce are cancerous.

[@Nature.love-it]

​@@korencekRight

[@gamerwhiz6847]

@@korencek If shellacked it won't outgas.

[@justinnelson6169]

You guys should reach out to The Ocean Cleanup Project and see if they can supply you too.

[@SamuelOtoo-pd9nr]

i wish to establish a brantch in Ghana

[@truthkeeperfilms]

That’s absolutely phenomenal. A benefit in almost every way you cut it. Instead of investing in wars and what not, nations should invest in these companies but they won’t because that’s not their agenda.

[@pudanielson1]

Capitalism is the cause and problem

[@rtdoglover106]

Totally agree

[@rake483]

What governments are doing is the agenda of corporations and the rich. Show me one politican that is not the puppet of some lobbyists. Many governments have more lobbyists than politicans.

[@chibchan3765]

well, other nations don't even care about puberty.

[@truthkeeperfilms]

@@rake483 - The control goes well beyond corporations. There have been wealthy elite that have been running the show a long time. At this point, leaders like CEOs are given commands. Globalism will continue and finally establish once the right crisis has hit. We will witness it in our lifetimes, and I say by the way things are going, it will happen within 3-5 years

[@freeman4755]

5:30 So cool, imagine being so game changing that UNICEF reaches out to your company for help. Absolutely great story that benefits so many different people!

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

Having a school out of plastic seems absolutley terrible actually, for the childrens health.

[@lass_isolet]

​@@GratDuForloradeArgumentet i've been wondering about that too but I hope their secret does counter this problem

[@X2yt]

@@GratDuForloradeArgumentet I'm quite sure they probably take care of health risks during manufacturing process. And even if they don't, it still beats literally living in piles of plastic waste, exposed to toxins, elements, and all the runoff that creaters with all the piles of plastic everywhere.

[@xxxxxv_]

@@GratDuForloradeArgumentet they alr said that they seperate plastics that are toxic when melted from the others. It should be safe for the children to be surrounded by plastic. I mean if u stay in a room full of plastic bags there wont be harm right?

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

@@xxxxxv_ Africans need to 1. Stop overpopulating 2. Start caring about the enviroment

[@alveres9680]

I just want to encourage everyone involved, and thank you! Thinkers and do’ers like you are what make me proud to be a human. That’s sometimes pretty hard these days. Thank you all and great work!

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

🤣

[@fabiojesus1307]

Other countries could adopt this amazing model! Not only to build schools, but also houses for these people who are in great need.

[@akdlg9sjjslk8]

Watching this brought a smile to my face, especially seeing the children smiling and learning in a classroom that’s much cleaner and full of space. I wish this company all the best in providing classrooms for people in need. This could also help with housing problem so that families can live in better homes too. The supply of plastic will not end after all, and once the all schools are built we have to keep reusing the plastic for something. I’m really happy something like this exists for those communities

[@gabrieldsouza6541]

When it reaches 40-50 degrees celsius in these regions due to climate change, do you foresee any possible effects of having dark, heat absorbing walls made of carcinogenic materials? Have they studied the effect this material might have on children's respiratory systems if it's heated? I think this should be studied, especially when we're talking about waste plastics and children in poorly ventilated rooms.

[@germanjohn5626]

And the plastic toxins that will cause cancer in the future and kill those kids are conveniently forgotten...because look ma, its "clean"

[@gabrieldsouza6541]

@@germanjohn5626 plastics are the environmental equivalent of lead to this generation. there is no "safe" level of plastics, because ALL plastics break down in to microscopic fragments and can enter our bloodstream or digestive tract through bioaccumulation, causing cancers, illnesses, and death. i understand all plastic can't be replaced overnight, but we need to immediately halt all new plastics manufacturing expansions and reduce plastic demand and production immediately through state action in the interest of public health and welfare.

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

Having a school out of plastic seems absolutley terrible actually, for the childrens health.

[@gmtegirl]

I love stories like this! It's a win, win, win, win, win! And the biggest winners are the little children. How heart warming.

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

Having a school out of plastic seems absolutley terrible actually, for the childrens health.

[@bgdgdgdf4488]

@@GratDuForloradeArgumentet Why should it be any more dangerous than drinking soda from a plastic bottle? Which you have probably done many times in your life?

[@DarkGT]

This trash to bricks business seems very common in Africa. It looks like the African nations are more capable of recycling and re-using.

[@peanutbutterpirate314]

It’s cause they create so much waste

[@DarkGT]

@@peanutbutterpirate314 No, every nation produce waste. Go to any megacity and observe the tons of trash they produce every day. The real reason is that there is cheap labor and lack of other cheap construction materials. If there was proper recycling facility there amount of plastic for bricks would be even larger.

[@theotheleo6830]

@@peanutbutterpirate314 Have you seen the news? Western countries create so much waste that some ship their waste to other countries.

[@linkslegionaire357]

Moreso people in Western countries don't want to sort plastic for $0.16 USD/day

[@carlosnino6476]

@@peanutbutterpirate314 they don’t create a lot of waste, but a lot of waste in developed countries get shipped to developing countries. Also, those developing countries don’t have ways to manage waste the same way as developed country. But in the grand scheme of things, they create a small amount of waste compared to other countries

[@colinreece3452]

I clicked on this out of curiosity and i'm glad I did. What you guys are doing is fantastic, I was amazed at the outcome and to do that from waste too. Just think if more countries did this it would make such a big difference, also other things could be made like this, the list is endless.

[@arashnikoubashman6946]

I know there will be many naysayers, but this solution is much better than the status quo, where the garbage is just dumped somewhere or burned

[@potterj09]

Vs lithium mining in illegal African artisinal mines for Tesla batteries.

[@SevenHunnid]

I love to do food videos while smoking weed on my KZbin channel, to cure people’s boredom 💀

[@rjbarnes1597]

Imagine using the plastic beams to build better housing in areas that suffer from earthquakes. Im sure plastic bend better than concrete and it's a great way to recycle plastic! ♻️

[@blu12gaming44]

At least it's not directly polluting the well water below a school full of children.

[@derpychicken2131]

@@rjbarnes1597plastic has nowhere near as much compression strength as concrete. Compression strength supports the entire weight of the structure and concrete is one of the best materials at this. Foundations and even having more floors on plastic is simply unsafe due to its lack of strength, however one could make panels out of it to line walls and have the main support beams be concrete. However this would not help at all with flexibility, but plastic is unable to hold up structures.

[@thegreencompany2101]

Great example of sustainability! Amazing to see how waste materials are used as raw material for new products! I really like that❤️🙌🏼

[@JohnSmith-kf1fc]

Such a great idea and solution for millions of tons of plastic!

[@jguitar23]

Really super◇◇◇◇ Very glad to see this progress but those exposed to dust should wear masks!!!

[@Patriotamineiro66]

👏👏👏👏👏 Yes, this project is very top. Hope it expands all over the world

[@grbsampahchannel8783]

wow, that's great, sis. Greetings, I'm from Indonesia

[@stagnantfox3027]

While this is super great, I hope everyone can understand that this doesn't mean that you get to suddenly not have to care about recycling or start littering wherever.

[@rev.dr.davidcole8915]

It's fantastic on so many levels. This should be in every country in the world.

[@detechthefutureofln2tankmo510]

Great innovation!!!

[@steelmill]

This looks like a win for everyone

[@knittedplushie]

This is an incredible invention

[@htn1986]

What an amazing and innovative business idea. The fund is fed back to the community that the product helps.

[@paulschmolke188]

Do it in the USA and build homes for the homeless👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@abpccpba]

Have the bricks been tested for fire hazard?

[@waylandjennings4073]

I think this is great. God bless these people. They're doing good work.

[@rohmanshah2679]

Thanks from London

[@dannydeshler4327]

Outstanding! So happy that a way to truly help people AND clean our environment has been put in place. This is awesome.

[@kajuancommunity6452]

A very nice idea hope that the company will expand and bring the technology here in the Philippines...

[@arevolvingdoor3836]

I love microplastics!!

[@fredrossman1189]

may the light shine on you.. you are the blessing.

[@kevinagungrahadi7528]

Its better than a status quo when it comes about plastic 👍🏻

[@donovandelaney3171]

They should be doing that for homeless people and the poor in California and Vegas too.

[@donnah5378]

Beautiful 👏🏾👏🏾

[@donaldharlan3981]

excellent craft !

[@marctamtonthat]

This is very clever and it brings hope. Bravo.

[@killaclownz911]

Yooo that school house is great, happy to see this level of sustainability through plastics that take lifetimes to decompose.

[@elisewilliams1575]

Those walls actually look great

[@machivaldemon]

dont comment microplastic please, i know you care but this stuff they do there still helps, a lot.

[@exotic80]

my first thought was what are long term health effects but honestly, its probably a huge net benefit to get these people into better wages and better education.

[@hassanshayegannik155]

Unbelievable and wonderful. There is a hope for the future of our environment. Bravo! Thanks!

[@sabr_kz_2022]

Молодцы !

[@andresfelipebarreradiaz8135]

QUE ORGULLOSO 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 ES SER COLOMBIANO AL VER ESTOS PROYECTOS QUE CAMBIAN VIDAS COLOMBIA SACANDO LA CARA LINDA ANTE EL MUNDO

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great video Thank you

[@rubenovsepian4977]

God bless you and your family

[@1347x]

Amazing! the world needs this.

[@misiek9989]

Building houses using giant Lego bricks looks so cool.

[@reddydc5562]

Absolutely inspiring, i feel like going there and build classrooms like that for those kids.

[@rickg.5171]

Brilliant.

[@nickbremner6274]

What a brilliant idea! We've had street name plaques and even park benches made from plastic waste (and old car tyres I think) for years but making building materials to assemble schools with so much involvement of local workers is so much more useful!

[@kirsten1992]

Very nice that they do this, but I think its very flammable!

[@8rlx0]

I'm curious how durable these kind of products are? I'd think with years the bricks would start disintegrating from sun damage unless protected?

[@carlosnino6476]

Plastic last for centuries even exposed by a lot of sun. I would be more concerned by micro plastic going down with rains. Structural safety tbh I don’t think it would be a problem if they are used only for small building like the schools. For buildings and big houses I don’t know, they can make it work

[@greulich9635]

@@carlosnino6476 my main worry is fire. If one of these goes up it could be catastrophic as the whole thing melts.

[@jekker1000]

all very valid concerns. I think that is one of the reasons this project is being done in an african country and not in developed world. In developed world, a lot of plastics are recycled too, i.e. as rain gutters or temporary traffic light bases or pallets. But not as road surface or anything structural. I think this is a good idea with a mediocre execution.

[@icetrip2417]

​@@greulich9635 I heard its not like that

[@supertouring1]

The business owner mentioned they're adding some secret chemicals to the mixture which I assume gives the plastic blocks more strength and durability.

[@wireflier1886]

This is an absolutely genius idea

[@MissMarshall]

Good work!!!

[@InfoRanker]

Seems like these things would be a fire hazard though.

[@festyguy7405]

Not really because it’s hard solid stuff.

[@Howt-ooo]

Great work

[@Buukii-buuchi]

I also had a idea of making trash into bricks but it look like my idea has been taken by geniuses’

[@saimandebbarma]

Everything is possible if humans want & this is the live results.....👍

[@thischannelisbackon5679]

Provides jobs Provides industry Provides waste disposal Provides help Provides hope Very good.

[@zombl337og]

absolutely

[@beyamoth]

Provides plastic to be degraded by UV and make microplastics for the environment 👍

[@RayIrv]

Provides education Education ... provides

[@christiancrow]

Wow 😮 ❤

[@faresahmed2343]

How can I get this product and how much does it cost per meter

[@faresahmed2343]

❤

[@footballhub596]

Very impressive

[@dhollongstreet4725]

The company needs to expand into India and south Asia.

[@kennethhudson8013]

AND a hell of a lot of plastic is still out there!

[@erwinbenally8027]

Great idea, thanks for sharing 👍

[@Martin_Priesthood]

Great job guys. Awesome technology. Those classrooms are so beautiful. God bless.

[@wind369]

This is the biggest w in recycling I’ve ever seen

[@funded-yl6wg]

I wish I could like this video more than once 👍👍

[@jamesdeane2843]

Seeing the smiles from those beautiful children warms your heart. They should scale up that process and take it to other countries.

[@rgbcolor6450]

Those plastic building blocks won't rot or degrade for a long time. very low maintenance.

[@johnathanjohnson5429]

Thanks Every Country Need This!!!!

[@TheDocPharm]

Wow

[@ephophase3821]

I’m from Ghana 🇬🇭 and I would like get in touch with the company ❤

[@DyslexicAnaboko]

They need this in Nigeria badly.

[@SilverSibeMetals]

This is awesome! Thank you for being part of the world's solution and doing so with great pride.

[@Dd-sunshine68]

I would love to build a house with those bricks

[@donb6474]

I remember years ago they made plastic houses. The houses were a disaster. So what is the difference not. I would like to know if these new building will hold up.

[@denismilonet]

J'aurais aimé des sous titres en Français

[@rev_dude]

Overall I think this is a good thing, working directly with the people and not through intermediaries is admirable, but if their goal is to help the most people, they should be open-sourcing their processes. Hiding the most critical step of production shows he is also interested in profit.. Also, its less of a direct problem here because there is so much waste dumping already, but this process, and these materials are absolute microplastic factories.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Amazing adaptive reuse of plastic. Stable, rot and insect resistant, this material makes sense. PS - Reading recent articles about the USA plastic waste stream, this seems to be a process that shows you the end product instead of some unknown end point

[@tomo1168]

that plastic building in the summer heat is probably not the healthiest environment for the children, but still much better than no school.

[@littlenest]

This is such and innovative solution, simply amazing! ❤️

[@dududuzuud]

This is just outstanding.

[@birdiemiller4219]

Africa and South America, making changes in the world and for all people. The children benefit most of all and are so grateful. One million more children to go; wish I was there, instead of here in America. Thank you for the heart warming story, look forward to many updates. Many blessings to all.

[@DavidMarufu-n7p]

Very interesting wish I could help my community

[@narcissisticweb2119]

Yes but in such warm counties how healthy is it to live and breath in a plastic brick house I wonder

[@stefonepettis1116]

I really want to make these bricks from recycled plastics

[@johnanderson591]

Thank God someone is doing this

[@1patriotman973]

This is a great idea. Almost everything can be recycled ♻️ This could actually help with the homeless problems in the USA. Instead of wasting money on wars let's help out the American citizens.

[@fiveainone]

Great way to do two things at once. But wonder about the amount of micro and nano plastic that are created from the manufacturing process. These workers should be given proper filtration masks as well.

[@gr8bkset-524]

We need to tax fossil fuel products such as virgin plastics so that reuse and recycle becomes more prevalent.

[@virginiajessee3708]

The whole world need to do this

[@crisculaway461]

This is a timeless plastic waste solution. Amazing!

[@Mr.Rolandthorne]

Great idea but it seems we forget that plastic breaks down over time, creating micro plastics that stay with you for life. I'm curious as to what the medical cost will be in the future. I think we are only creating a more detrimental problem down the line.

[@yumyummmmmmmmmmm]

I love my ppl. Blacks on top💪🏾💯🙏🏾

[@nathanrobinson7715]

Are they stronger than wood being interlocked would it stand up to hurricane

[@eadruna]

This is such fantastic progress. Benefits for everyone!

[@GORT70]

Interesting concept.

[@damamen1]

I love the idea and the wonderful schools they can build with unused plastic. The kids deserve an education. Don't we all deserve to learn? My only question is how long would it take for a school or even a frame to break down and decompose? Is it ultimately safer for the environment?

[@blitzwolfer4154]

I hope you know it takes forever for plastics to break down.

[@08peter1966]

Great idea and i think i have seen this before....but i wonder about the fire hazzard, because once plastics burns it burns like hell.

[@martinteymori]

amazing

[@yusufmirza1757]

Nice ideas..no painting no expiring wall life ..👍

[@MisterSiga]

wow really really impressive, they really do end up looking like proper sturdy bricks !

[@joggininjanuary]

when i see commercials on tv in america all the blacks are the smartest and most productive people in the world , what about the ivory coast? they should be feeding the world with all those intelligent blacks