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A house out of recycled plastic

A stand-alone house made of plastic bottles in Nairobi's Kibra slum.[Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

 

Using one of the world’s problems to solve another is the philosophy behind a Norwegian start-up’s mission to develop affordable housing from 100 per cent recycled plastic.

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