http://inhabitat.com/glassphemy-a-way-to-recycle-glass-bottles-with-fury/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 21 May 2013 11:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/glassphemy-a-way-to-recycle-glass-bottles-with-fury/comment-page-1/#comment-264365 Tutty Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:31:17 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=117567#comment-264365 Another way to recycle beer bottles: About 10-20 years ago a company or non-profit group designed a bottle that could be re-used as glass building blocks to create walls for houses in Africa. The bottles had either a triangular or rectangular shape (I forget exactly which). A large number were manufactured, but for some reason, the concept did not catch on or prove feasible. Does anyone know the name of that group? Any articles on the experiment? Has anything similar been tried, with glass or plastic? Another way to recycle beer bottles: About 10-20 years ago a company or non-profit group designed a bottle that could be re-used as glass building blocks to create walls for houses in Africa. The bottles had either a triangular or rectangular shape (I forget exactly which). A large number were manufactured, but for some reason, the concept did not catch on or prove feasible.
Does anyone know the name of that group? Any articles on the experiment? Has anything similar been tried, with glass or plastic?

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