Recycled paper bricks!

An accomplishment in the field or recycling. The collaboratory efforts of Proffesor Rahul Ralegaonkar and Proffesor Sachin Mandavgane of the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology in India   (VNIT) have developed a way of creating paper bricks from recycling waste! The bricks constitute of 90% recycled paper mill waste (RPMW) and 10% cement. Firstly, the mixture is mechanically mixed, pressed into moulds and lastly cured in the sun. This not only makes this brilliant recycled brick low-cost but also efficient and serves as a good alternative. Mandavgane and Ralegaonkar visited a recycling plant in 2009. Later they discovered that...

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The bamboo bridge

Locals at Davoa, Phillippines, waited eagerly for their government to help them by building a footbridge to allow them to cross the Matina River. No one coming for their aid, the villagers decided to undertake this task themselves and build it for them and the local community. Utilizing the material that they had at hand - bamboo, they were assisted by several architects,  that included bamboo master Andrea Fitrianto.  All their efforts collectively resulted in a gorgeous new bridge.   The volunteers selected Dendrocalamus asper bamboo for building the Matina River's footbridge which grew around the city's outskirts....

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