Could Recycled Plastic Lead to More Housing?

Could Recycled Plastic Lead to More Housing?

When you think about building a house, what materials come to mind? Brick, wood and metal all come to mind; there are also some very distinctive glass houses out there. (Even if their occupants should refrain from throwing stones — though honestly, that’s a good tip for indoor living in general.) A group of MIT researchers have come up with a very different way of making buildings, and it’s one that also addresses an ongoing waste issue.“We’ve e…

MIT Researchers Developing Process to Make Houses from Recycled Plastic

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have made recycled plastic into floor trusses for housing, arguing the waste stream could provide an abundant and sustainable structural building material. The US-based researchers […]

MIT Engineers Print Structural Building Components Using Recycled Plastic

MIT researchers have developed a method to 3D print construction-grade structural elements from recycled plastic, creating floor trusses that meet U.S. building standards.