What lies beneath this 'love seat'? I will tell you
@allknowing (130088)
India
May 24, 2018 6:20am CST
I designed this 'love seat' nothing great you might say but not after you know that the foundation of this seat is made up of solid garbage.
The sold garbage consists of plastic bags broken glass, and other rubble - a collection of two years. A box was made with bricks and this stuff was packed in there Liquid cement was then poured to fortify it and pressed into place. It was then given a finish with a concrete base.
This seat is almost 24 years old and still going strong.
This is our way of solid garbage management.
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@MALUSE (69428)
• Germany
24 May 18
Good idea! You could make a business of it.
In Germany, recycling is a business. Plastic bottles are used to make benches for parks or raw material for weaving weatherproof clothes, for example.
Glass bottles and jars are collected in containers which stand at street corners.
Old clothes as well. The ones which are still good are sold in second-hand-shops. the rest is made into rags for cleaning machines.
Paper (old newspapers, cartons) are collected by the community once a month.
If only someone in your country had the initiative and started a recycling business. They would become stinking rich!
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
24 May 18
This could help raise levels and fill wells that are not potent. Even foundations for compound walls could be built with this stuff.
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
24 May 18
It is only its foundation that has solid garbage.
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
24 May 18
What I have used is broken glass, broken tiles, plastic bags, broken plastic bottles, and stuff.
@AKRao24 (27427)
• India
24 May 18
Wow! That is really worth appreciating job! I heard that people have made road in some village by mixing plastic bags and other plastic material along with the coal tar ! But this is some thing for the first time I am witnessing! Great piece of work with great idea behind it! Thanks for sharing !
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
24 May 18
If the foundation is well constructed the seat will surely last for many years.
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
25 May 18
@Shavkat This is my own creation. I have one for our water fall reservoir foundation
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
25 May 18
@allknowing Are there any like this in other places?
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@caopaopao (12398)
• China
24 May 18
You are so creative. This is a killing of two birds with one stone.
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
25 May 18
The foundation of my waterfall reservoir also has this concept.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
25 May 18
@allknowing That's awesome, Grace!!!!!
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@DesirousDreamer (34784)
• Peoria, Arizona
24 May 18
That is actually really interesting. And amazing recycling garbage to make something. If the world did more of that, we would have less pollution.
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
27 May 18
Every one can do that. Even the foundation for buildings could make use of solid garbage.
@allknowing (130088)
• India
28 May 18
@DesirousDreamer At the end of the day it is only the individual who can make or break this world
@DesirousDreamer (34784)
• Peoria, Arizona
28 May 18
@allknowing Everyone can, but not everyone will and that is the unfortunate part.
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@mlgen1037 (29901)
• Manila, Philippines
24 May 18
I have heard of that but it is a great way of helping our Mother Earth. Maybe we should do it here too.
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
24 May 18
This way you can keep your compound clean
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@mlgen1037 (29901)
• Manila, Philippines
24 May 18
@allknowing Yes, you are totally right. I will suggest that to my father.
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@mnglsp (3614)
• Philippines
25 May 18
@lnillerman Yup. That's right. Very interesting.
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@sprite1950 (30462)
• Corsham, England
24 May 18
It's awesome, you must be very creative to design something so lovely.
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