Man builds 3-bedroom house with 14,800 plastic bottles

A Nigerian man has caught the attention of many as he built a 3-bedroom bungalow with a collection of plastic bottles.

The Nigerian man earned himself an accolade with such a feat and a somewhat high level of improvisation.

The man is identified as Yahaya Ahmed and he built the 3-bedroom house with nothing much 14,800 plastic bottles which could be seen to have all been filled with sand to appear like bricks.

A little back story of Yahaya, TopNaija gathered that the man is an engineer and the director of a non-governmental organization, Developmental Association of Renewable Energies in Nigeria (DARE).

Speaking on the achievement,

According to Yahaya, his organization built the house to encourage the recycling of waste materials, create jobs, and ensure a safer environment in Nigeria.

The structure has three rooms, a kitchen, and a toilet.

He explained to journalists that his workers filled the plastic bottles with sand and linked them at the neck by an intricate network of strings.

In his words; “It’s the cheapest house that everyone can construct without spending much money because the building materials are available on the streets and trash dump centres.

“It is 20 times stronger than brick walls houses and can last for over 300 years if constructed properly and carefully. It is fireproof, bulletproof, earthquake-resistant and can adapt to all kinds of climate changes, desertification and deforestation.

“It is the cheapest house to build in this generation with waste plastic bottles on the streets polluting our environment and causing more problems like flood and other disasters in the communities.”