Category Archives: creating industry in the third world

We started the block box today

Posted on December 10, 2010 by wroughtn_harv

The day started with a visit to the Republic recycling center in Plano Texas.  There we loaded up some number 3 to number 7 plastics for testing the block box, aka bottle brick machine.  Tommy Kirk is the manager of … Continue reading →

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Bottle Bricks

Posted on November 21, 2010 by wroughtn_harv

A bottle brick is a building block made from empty plastic bottles.  It is a form of recycling plastic bottles.  The bottles are compressed together in a mold.  Depending upon the pressure used to compress the plastic bottles in the … Continue reading →

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