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Many homeowners are looking to save energy — and save money — in the process. Plastics can help maximize those efforts. Whether you’re building a new home or looking to remodel, plastic can help you achieve a more energy efficient home — from simple fixes like plastic window insulation to wrapping your home in insulating plastic film. Plastics are essential to making many emerging energy technologies, like solar panels, more effective and affordable. Advancements in plastic materials, like plastic composite lumber, can help your backyard deck look like new for years to come.
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Read MorePlastic Building-Blocks Provide Clean Water and Shelter
Submitted on Apr 14, 2010
Spotlight on WaterBrick from Plastics Make it Possible on Vimeo. WaterBrick Founder Wendall Adams explains his company’s innovative disaster recovery solution. January’s earthquake in Haiti severely damaged half the buildings in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, resulting in an estimated two million homeless people. The earthquake also bro [...]
Category: Buildings & Homes
Shanghai Pavillion Made of Recycled CD Cases
Submitted on Apr 13, 2010
Perhaps the world's single largest plastics recycling project
Category: Buildings & Homes • Eco Solutions
Floor Tiles from Soft Drink Bottles
Submitted on Apr 13, 2010
How one chemist is working to improve the recycling process.
Category: Buildings & Homes • Eco Solutions
Is the roof over your head recycled?
Submitted on Apr 12, 2010
Innovative new roofing materials use recycled rubber and plastics to keep your family safe and warm.
Category: Buildings & Homes
How Prefab Homes May be the Way of the Future
Submitted on Apr 6, 2010
One company in the U.K. shows why these houses have so much potential.
Category: Buildings & Homes
A “Second Life” Mentality Can Build Homes
Submitted on Apr 6, 2010
Using some 8,000 PET recycled bottles, a Honduran company creates the “casa ecológica” or ecological house, as a means of providing sustainable construction methods and employment in Honduras.
Category: Buildings & Homes
Recycle… Your Carpeting?
Submitted on Mar 30, 2010
Plastics can live again…underfoot Any idea what happens to all that plastic we recycle? Sure, plastic bags can be made into new bags and plastic bottles into new bottles. But plastics also can be recycled into long-lasting products. For example, your feet may be resting on former plastic water or soda bottles. Most carpeting is made from [...]
Category: Buildings & Homes • Eco Solutions
Plastics Move Outdoors
Submitted on Mar 26, 2010
This year a quarter of Americans plan to make outdoor home improvements to get ready for springtime and warmer weather. So as barbeque season approaches, it’s a good time to take stock of your outdoor deck, furniture and dishware and consider how plastics can help ease time-consuming maintenance chores. If you’re thinking about adding a deck [...]
Category: Buildings & Homes
Value of Plastics Recognized in India
Submitted on Mar 15, 2010
Many around the world, especially in India, realize that plastic’s role in construction is crucial to the future development of the country.
Category: Buildings & Homes
The Benefits of Plastic Greenhouses
Submitted on Mar 15, 2010
Why plastic can be the better option for ihorticulture.
Category: Buildings & Homes
