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Bridge made of disposed plastic bottles - in Romania |
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Just few days back, I came across a fantastic report which should encourage all of us and I wish to share the same with you all... Timisoara is a city in west Romania which has built a 23-metre (75 feet) bridge made entirely of over 157,000 collected plastic bottles tied together with wires. Recently this bridge is inaugurated and opened for public use. More than 500 volunteers from the city had collected the disposed plastic bottles for the raw materials to be used for the bridge. The volunteers helped to build the bridge also. This is not the first bridge in the world built from plastic but it is definitely the first made of only plastic bottles tied with wire, and also the first to be made by volunteers. In the US, there are several bridges made of plastic but they are very small. Also in Peeblesshire, Scotland, a 30-metre long bridge made of engineered plastic was built in 2011 over the Tweed river at the Dawyck Estate river crossing. This is an unique way of utilizing our waste into our day to day use and more importantly, the efforts have come from the volunteers like you, me and all of us who care for the environment...
Ref : http://phys.org/news
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Wow, thumbs up for the volunteers! Is it stable enough for pedestrians crossing the river using this bridge? Very interesting, ... Thank you for sharing Unmesh :)
Posted 29-07-2014 14:15
WOW! how nice , thanks for sharing.
Posted 28-07-2014 18:15
thanks for sharing
Posted 28-07-2014 14:53
This is a very good idea! This can turn waste material into a useful infrastructure - hopefully other towns will follow this example.
Posted 28-07-2014 13:57
Interesting project! I hope this bridge is sustainable :) Thanks for sharing Unmesh
Posted 28-07-2014 09:27
its indeed a very unique way to utilize our waste. thank you for sharing this its a challenge to all of us, how much have we done to recycle our waster in the most unique way??????
Posted 28-07-2014 06:01
wow! what a splendid job. Hats off to the volunteer of Timisoara city for such work for waste management.Thank you Unmesh for sharing this wonderful news.
Posted 28-07-2014 01:16
Very interesting. Reusing has very positive effects since unlike recycling, it does not require large amounds of energy.. I hope we find other such ways to reuse our waste!
Posted 27-07-2014 23:38