In order to promote environmental protection, this 70-year-old man collected garbage to build a hous

You know the whole world How much garbage is produced every year? You will be shocked if you tell me, it is 45 billion tons! What is 45 billion tons? It is equivalent to 6 times of the total global food production! And there are no more than two ways for us to deal with such a large amount of garbage. Two methods: one is incineration and the other is landfilling. However, both methods will cause damage to the environment. Nowadays, theres a better way to deal with it, and its to build a house!

A man from the United States Architect Michael Reynolds used trash as material to build a house. For example, now that he is over 70 years old, he is still running around looking for garbage just to build this "garbage house".

HisThe building materials are all collected garbage, including cans, used tires, plastic bottles, etc. Each garbage house has a different shape and is used in different locations in the house according to the characteristics of different materials. For example, used tires have a certain degree of elasticity. , add cardboard and soil inside to become a wall. The garbage house built by the old man is collectively called the "Earth Ship". The wall made of cans in the picture also obtained a "brick design" patent in 1973.

A garbage house It must include six elements: first, the building materials must use discarded materials; second, the internal power supply must come from nature, such as solar energy, wind energy, etc.; third, the mud walls must be thick for heat insulation; fourth, after collecting rainwater on the roof, It can be used normally after passing through the filtration system; the fifth is to use the sun to maintain the temperature in the house; the sixth is to grow vegetables and food in the house. In general, everything is taken from nature.

A garbage house The construction process was quite tedious, but he never thought of giving up. Although the materials were garbage, the overall construction cost was not cheap. It also cost 17,000 yuan per square meter, and more than 800 yuan in annual maintenance fees.