World’s first Plastic Bottle Village to recycle over a million PET bottles

‘The Plastic Bottle Village’ is just the sort of innovative idea that might eventually save the Earth from drowning in plastic. It’s a planned 83-acre community in Panama that, as the name suggests, is going to be entirely built out of discarded plastic bottles.

Located on Isla Colón, in the Bocas del Toros province, The Plastic Bottle Village will include approximately 120 homes of varying sizes. The design process begins with building frames of rebar and steel mesh, which are then filled with used plastic bottles. Once this step is complete, and various electrical and plumbing lines are inserted, the plastic walls are covered by concrete – both inside and out.

So the finished homes look just like conventional ones, and no one will actually be able to tell that the walls are made of plastic. What’s more, the unusual choice of construction material will keep the house a considerable 17°C cooler than the temperature outside. The homes also come equipped with a septic tank system, standard windows, doors, and an exterior sidewalk.


The Village is the brainchild of Robert Bezeau, who moved to Bocas from Canada many years ago with the intention of setting up several environmental projects. Having started a recycling program in 2012, during which a staggering number of plastic bottles were collected, he started to think of how they could be put to use. Soon enough, he decided to use them to build houses, and came up with a basic idea for the construction process. He is now collaborating with top architecture firms across Panama as a part of the project.

Over 10,000 plastic bottles were used to built the first prototype building, which was completed late last year. The bottles were obtained from the same recycling project that Robert had set up. The next home is expected to be bigger, and will hence need more bottles to build. According to the Plastic Bottle Village website, “The project will be built in three phases, stretching across 83 acres of hilltop partial ocean view lots, and secluded jungle lots. Phase one has begun late 2015, with the construction of the community’s first, simple single story two bd. home. The second model home in the project will commence early 2016.”

The “re-constructed” homes – which will be offered in three standard models as well as custom designed ones – will be sold on request for anywhere between $149,000 and $300,000. The community will also feature other facilities such as an eco-lodge, gardens, mini-parks, and more. “At the Plastic Bottle Village, we inspire to bring together a collective of minds and bodies, to work together to create awareness, and to take part in educating the world, to the positive effects of re-using eco building with recycled materials,” the website states.

You could contribute to the innovative project as well, through their GoFundMe page, where they hope to raise $500,000.




Sources: Tree Hugger, Green Building Elements

Ten Year Old Indian Boy Is Addicted to Dog Milk

Meet Mohit Kumar, a 10-year-old boy from Manaitand, India, who has been feasting on dog milk ever since he was four. His parents are desperate to get him to stop sucking the milk of stray bitches in their town, but so far they’ve been unable to find a way.

Mohit was weaned at two years, but at the age of four he developed a rather strange habit – sucking the milk of stray bitches. “Once Mohit was playing with stray dogs outside and happened to suck on the breasts of a bitch. Since then he does the same whenever he gets a chance to do so,” his mother Pinky says. “Bitches of the area have also taken a liking to him and feed him whenever Mohit wants them to.” His worried parents don’t even allow the boy to go outside without supervision, for fear that he will seek out stray bitches to get his milk fix, but he sometimes gives them the slip. “We do not even allow him to go to school fearing that this habit may only get worse,” Pinky adds.

Most of the female dogs in Manaitand know Mohit and let him suck on their breasts, but the boy did get in some trouble recently when a a bitch from another colony bit him. His parents had to take him to Patliputra Medical College Hospital (PMCH) for treatment, and he is now taking vaccine to avoid rabies, but they have no way of preventing this from happening in the future, as Mohit’s craving for dog milk seems insatiable.

The fact that Mohit was born mute makes matters even more complicated for his parents, who have trouble understanding what makes dog milk so appealing to him. Sometimes he runs off, and it’s only after neighbors come to complain about him sucking on the breasts of strays in the streets that they that his family learns what he was up to.

Pokemon Go Phone Charger

Cool phone battery charger handmade by San Francisco based Pokemon Go player Danielle Baskin looks like a Pokeball.

Pokeball 5300 mAh battery pack can fully charge the iPhone 2 or 3 times.

Designed to be easily attached to belt or backpack. Gotta Catch ‘Em All!

Carlos Santana- EUROPA

Carlos Santana wrote this for a girl who was stressed out and on drugs. Later, he played it backstage on a tour with Earth, Wind & Fire and they suggested he record it.

Despite the fact that there are no words in this song, it still gained very high prestige in the world of music. It is especially notable for Santana's guitar solo.

In Greek mythology, Europa was a mortal who was loved by Zeus, who, in the form of a white bull carried her off to Crete.

The Biggest Passenger Airplane in The World

The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airplane manufactured by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airplane, and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it.

The A380's upper deck extends along the entire length of the fuselage, with a width equivalent to a wide-body aircraft. This gives the A380-800's cabin 478 square metres (5,145.1 sq ft) of usable floor space, 40% more than the next largest airliner, the Boeing 747-8,[4] and provides seating for 525 people in a typical three-class configuration or up to 853 people in an all-economy class configuration.

Paternoster elevator never stops moving

A paternoster in Hamburg, Germany. Photo credit: Andreas Dantz/Flickr

The paternoster is kind of elevator that consist of a chain of open compartments that move up and down continuously through the vertical shaft of a building in a loop and without stopping. Passengers step into the moving compartments in the direction they wish to go and then hop off when the elevator reaches the desired floor. There is no stopping in between the floors, and passengers must remain alert and get their timing right or else get severed. For people who avoid escalators for fear of getting their toes crushed, paternoster are a death trap. A small misstep and you could lose your arm or even your life.

People riding a paternoster in Stuttgart, Germany. Photo credit: Lucas Weber/Flickr

The first paternoster was installed in 1884 in Dartford, England. Seven years prior, its patent was obtained by a British engineer named Peter Hart. The name paternoster comes from the Latin words “Our Father”, which are the first two words of ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. It doesn’t mean you should say a small prayer each time you get into one, the reference comes from the device’s resemblance to rosary beads that are used when reciting prayers.

Animation of a paternoster. Photo credit: RokerHRO/Wikimedia

Paternosters became very popular in Europe throughout the first half of the 20th century because they could carry more passengers than ordinary elevators. Although they move slower than elevators, because no queuing is required, they are generally able to move people faster from floor to floor.

Paternosters are largely extinct today. Because of risk of injury many countries have banned them altogether. There are a couple of working examples in the UK, Denmark, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany, with Germany having the largest number of operating paternosters —some 230.

A passenger gets off a paternoster in Munich. Photo credit: Nico Kaiser/Flickr

The German government has made at least two attempts in the past to shut down these deadly contraptions, but there is a strong resistance movement dedicated to keeping these nostalgic machines alive.

“You can never really prevent danger,” retorted a paternoster fanatic, when the government tried to impose a new ban in 2015. “Because then you’d have to ban cars, because there’s of course the danger of an accident. … These elevators are a part of industrial history.“

Once upon a time, paternosters were everywhere. Now they are mainly found in administrative buildings such as government ministries, town halls and police headquarters. Installation of new paternosters are still banned since 1974.

Paternoster at Stuttgart City Hall. Photo credit: Andrew Nash/Flickr

A paternoster at Sheffield University, Sheffield, England. Photo credit: david g Johnson/Panoramio





Sources: Wikipedia / The Guardian / Quartz

10 Unbelievable Fireworks Packaging Designs

Twenty-six states—Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and Georgia—permit the sale of all or most types of consumer fireworks to residents, so it's pretty likely you'll find most of these if you're looking for them.

1. Ambushed

Politically packaged fireworks are indeed hot sellers—this one reads "AMBUSHED: The 436 Billion Dollar Deficit Man" and features a picture of George W. Bush as The Six Million Dollar Man, Steve Austin. (Source)

2. Anxiety Attack

What these fireworks are guaranteed to give you if you are anywhere near them. Here's what they look like in use:

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3. Boiling Point

When water in a tea kettle reaches its boiling point, it emits a whistling noise to let you know.

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4. Blonde Joke

What do blonde jokes (usually with a punchline that infers women with blonde hair are stupid) and fireworks have in common? We have no idea, but here's what you're getting:

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5. Unforgettable

What could be more unforgettable than a dollar bill featuring Albert Einstein? Is it some kind of Illuminati symbolism or just representational of America? We don't know exactly, but the light show is worth seeing:

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6. Girl Power

"So tell me what you want, what you really really want.." I really want to keep my fingers while lighting these.

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7. Gittin It Done

A firework that gets the job done, however insensitive its packaging may now be.

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8. Gorilla Warfare

The packaging looks like a still from a Planet of the Apes sequel and the fireworks give us the most bang for our buck on this list:

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9. Neighbor Hater

Nothing like a little truth in advertising!

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10. Poopy Puppy

Light the fuse under its tail, and you have a pooping dog!

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Things invented for complete slackers

Laziness, it is bad, but so nice .. Sometimes nice to do nothing and just lie in bed, but there are people for whom laziness it’s a lifestyle. Especially for such notorious sluggard were invented things that facilitate the most natural procedure of our lives. It would seem much more easier, but no, there is much!

Wedding countdown bra with ring insert

A countdown until the day you get married is fairly normal, right? Like, marking out the days on a calendar or something would be pretty normal. But what if you had to take off your shirt -- or blouse, in this case -- to check the countdown time.

You would if you were wearing this silly wedding countdown bra. You'd be like 'hey baby, take off your shirt, because I've got to see how many days are left before we get married.'

This bra has a digital display that shows the remaining days until you get married. An engagement ring slot plays the "Wedding March" when you insert the ring. If you think that's stupid, check out the ink and pen holders located right under the underarm area.

What was the goal here? If the goal was to make multifunction sexy clothes, you could to much better, Japan.

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Church in Taiwan Is Shaped Like Crystal Shoe To Attract Female Worshipers Church in Taiwan Is Shaped Like Crystal Shoe To Attract Female Worshipers

An enormous Cinderella-liked glass slipper church has been erected in Ocean View Park in Budai town, situated on the east coast of Taiwan, according to reports by Huanqiu.com.

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Made entirely out of blue tinted glass and measuring 55 feet tall and 36 feet wide, the church took two months to build and will be opened to the public before the Lunar New Year which falls on Feb. 8.

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Zheng Rongfeng, a spokesman for the Southwest Coast National Scenic Area, told Huanqiu.com, the church is a way of drawing in female worshippers and will have a total of 100 female-oriented features including "chairs for lovers, maple leaves, biscuits and cakes."

Looks like the Carrie Bradshaws of the world now have a new meeting spot on Sundays.



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