Plastic Bottles Used To Build School In The Philippines

The town of San Pablo, Philippines has come up with a creative way of recycling old plastic bottles: by using them to build a new school.

Residents of the city recently gathered as many plastic 1.5 and 2 liter bottles as they could find, and then used them as building material for a brand new school. The bottles are held in place with adobe, a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and other organic materials. Surprisingly, in addition to being much cheaper, adobe is actually around three times stronger than concrete, making this "bottle school," as it's affectionately known, quite the sturdy structure.