Builder Creates a Home Out of 612,000 Plastic Soda Bottles

Here’s a new use for those plastic soda and water bottles flooding the ocean and sitting in landfills for years: home construction.

JD Composites, the Canadian homebuilder built a three bedroom house in Nova Scotia that is made out of 612,000 plastic soda bottles.The plastic was melted and injected with gas to make the 15 centimeters think plastic walls.

According to reports, the material provides better insulation in the summer and winter, are resistant to moisture and mildew and enable a house to be built in days rather than months.Even more appealing, at least to homeowners living in hurricane areas, is its ability to withstand extreme winds. JD Composites sent a sample of its plastic walls to be certified for hurricane resistance.