At first glance the new home on the banks of the Methegan River in Australia says nothing new. A kitchen, three bedrooms, a couple of bathrooms, a terrace. Normal.
It's not the looks that matter, however. The structure is what surprises: the JD Composites company built it with more than 600.000 bottles of plastic bags recycled. That's right, a plastic house.
“There are only 4 companies in the world that use this material like this,” says David Saulnier, partner at JD Composites, in an interview.
Home, sweet plastic house
PET, or polyethylene terephthalate, was shredded into small plastic pellets. Subsequently it became a sort of foam (a bit like shaving foam). Used as a filling material, it has proven resistant to temperature, tremors and mould. It also has a very good insulation factor.
And you? Would you live there?
