South Asia's construction boom relies on clay bricks, but pollution from kilns is killing tens of thousands of people each ...

Create your own DIY adobe house with these small adobe house plans. This step-by-step guide includes information on creating the home foundation, making adobe bricks and detailed diagrams and ...

These three young entrepreneurs created an NGO called Ecoinclusion and invented a brick made out of plastic. Why? So that they could build eco-friendly houses in the areas of Argentina that need ...

Adobe brick houses are made from a special kind of mud called adobe. People mix the mud with straw and then let it dry in the Sun until it becomes hard, like a brick. Then they use these bricks to ...

Lego-like bricks make house construction child’s play. Lego for grown-ups. ... The brick in question is one made out of "Plaex-crete," a strong composite made up of more than 90% recycled ...

Now, one Mexican entrepreneur is building houses out of bricks made from the invasive species. More from World Wide Waste Why are chip bags so hard to recycle?

With their groundbreaking approach to creating bricks that are 20 to 30% cheaper, more earthquake-resistant, lightweight, and eco-friendly,  Zerund  is redefining the building blocks of our ...

The eco-bricks have been made by stuffing single-use plastic into plastic bottles. Moreover, using fly-ash in construction reduces the need for clay extraction and minimises soil erosion.

Each of the eco-bricks has to be between 330gm and 700gm in weight, said Bapat. The 6ft-tall Christmas tree that has been installed has been made from 215 ecobricks, which are 1-litre, 500ml and 250ml ...