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[@korencek]

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

[@Nature.love-it]

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[@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]

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[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@fabiojesus1307]

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

[@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?

[@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.

[@JohnSmith-kf1fc]

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

[@Patriotamineiro66]

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

[@jguitar23]

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

[@thegreencompany2101]

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

[@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.

[@paulschmolke188]

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

[@steelmill]

This looks like a win for everyone

[@donnah5378]

Beautiful 👏🏾👏🏾

[@fredrossman1189]

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

[@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

[@dannydeshler4327]

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

[@marctamtonthat]

This is very clever and it brings hope. Bravo.

[@waylandjennings4073]

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

[@rev.dr.davidcole8915]

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

[@elisewilliams1575]

Those walls actually look great

[@detechthefutureofln2tankmo510]

Great innovation!!!

[@kirsten1992]

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

[@donovandelaney3171]

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

[@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.

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great video Thank you

[@misiek9989]

Building houses using giant Lego bricks looks so cool.

[@1347x]

Amazing! the world needs this.

[@MmmmmmmmEarHair]

They could also make some pamphlets or something and distribute them to the households to pre sort some things. That would drastically speed up the sorting process in the factory.

[@nickmartin1527]

Exactly

[@triangulum8869]

The majority of the pamphlets would probably be thrown away

[@MmmmmmmmEarHair]

@@triangulum8869 Most everyone was already recycling their stuff why would they just toss the pamphlet? They are paying people to collect it in the street If it was pre sorted they could pay them more since it would save time. Its a win win

[@rohmanshah2679]

Thanks from London

[@saimandebbarma]

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

[@andresfelipebarreradiaz8135]

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[@abpccpba]

Have the bricks been tested for fire hazard?

[@kevinagungrahadi7528]

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

[@funded-yl6wg]

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

[@arevolvingdoor3836]

I love microplastics!!

[@reddydc5562]

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

[@htn1986]

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

[@kajuancommunity6452]

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

[@erwinbenally8027]

Great idea, thanks for sharing 👍

[@johnathanjohnson5429]

Thanks Every Country Need This!!!!

[@hassanshayegannik155]

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

[@rubenovsepian4977]

God bless you and your family

[@donaldharlan3981]

excellent craft !

[@dhollongstreet4725]

The company needs to expand into India and south Asia.

[@christiancrow]

Wow 😮 ❤

[@SilverSibeMetals]

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

[@gr8bkset-524]

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

[@glorybtoGod]

I love my ppl. Blacks on top💪🏾💯🙏🏾

[@Buukii-buuchi]

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

[@InfoRanker]

Seems like these things would be a fire hazard though.

[@festyguy7405]

Not really because it’s hard solid stuff.

[@killaclownz911]

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

[@Martin_Priesthood]

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

[@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

[@knittedplushie]

This is an incredible invention

[@kennethhudson8013]

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

[@Dd-sunshine68]

I would love to build a house with those bricks

[@rickg.5171]

Brilliant.

[@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.

[@eduardonieto2355]

That is increable my friend.👍🙏🙏

[@steelwitness]

watching mothers do hard labor in the sun with children on their back brought tears to my eyes. we really take our privileged society for granted

[@jamesdeane2843]

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

[@wind369]

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

[@yusufmirza1757]

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

[@DyslexicAnaboko]

They need this in Nigeria badly.

[@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.

[@ephophase3821]

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

[@wireflier1886]

This is an absolutely genius idea

[@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.

[@Howt-ooo]

Great work

[@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.

[@rgbcolor6450]

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

[@toadabc]

I can only imagine how fast the US government could come in and ruin a system like this.

[@footballhub596]

Very impressive

[@johnanderson591]

Thank God someone is doing this

[@dududuzuud]

This is just outstanding.

[@littlenest]

This is such and innovative solution, simply amazing! ❤️

[@DavidMarufu-n7p]

Very interesting wish I could help my community

[@stefonepettis1116]

I really want to make these bricks from recycled plastics

[@josueperez4333]

That is awesome that they are able to make building from plastic great stuff

[@virginiajessee3708]

The whole world need to do this

[@peterstephens6168]

Why don't you people just patent your process instead of hiding it behind a wall? You want to make money, I get that, but is the money factor your motivation, or helping humanity?

[@aprilsmith3683]

Aaahhh... The schools are absolutely brilliant... Bravo... 🇿🇦

[@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!

[@crisculaway461]

This is a timeless plastic waste solution. Amazing!

[@sassycat4157]

we need to be doing this globally.

[@sabr_kz_2022]

Молодцы !

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[@markrahman1381]

Awesome idea bring it to Malaysia

[@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.

[@tydengr]

Wow! The best idea I have ever seen.

[@luisdemarco4851]

En argentina hay una empresa que fabrica durmientes para ferrocarril

[@r6u356une56ney]

Of course, keep the formulas secret, because you wouldn't want everyone to be able to do this. If they did, it might actually benefit the whole planet instead of just making profit for this company. For global environmental problems to be solved, information, formulas, and methods need to be spread widely in the public domain - no patents, no trade secrets.

[@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.

[@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.

[@faresahmed2343]

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

[@faresahmed2343]

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