As you count for the 3 numbers, 4500 plastics bottle are thrown away in America. [1] To make it worse, only 25 percent of the the plastic bottles are recycled. [2] Every single day, Americans have wasted 50 millions plastic bottles without actually thinking on recycling them [3], turning trash into treasure. These "treasures" are worth more than a billion Dollars [4] and yet no one do something about it. 

The good news is - there are many ways to reduce, reuse and recycle the bottles. Let me share an interesting news in Malaysia, we are building bottle house. Yes, it is the house which is made by plastic bottles. And yes, it really happening! The plastic bottles collected will be use to make a 300sq-ft house in Kota Kinabalu. 

According to Alexenda Yee, managing director of the Trekkers Lodge, the house will be use as a gallery to educate visitors on beach cleaning and turtle conservation. [5] It all started with a complaint by local about the turtle eggs in his land were stolen by other villagers. This complaint eventually lead Yee to realize the amount of plastic bottles thrown and kick start the project.

Lastly, lets make the Earth a greener place. =)

Reference

1. http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/the-us-consumes-1500-plastic-water-bottles-every-second-a-fact-by-watershed.html

2. https://utahrecycles.org/get-the-facts/the-facts-plastic/

3. http://www.pristineplanet.com/eco-info/How-many-plastic-water-bottles-are-thrown-away-every-day.asp

4. http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/facts.html

5. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/04/09/green-message-in-a-bottle-house/