Mexican engineer uses recycled plastic to build earthquake-resistant homes

A Mexican engineer designed a new material to build environment-friendly homes using recycled plastic . These homes are also 30% cheape r and more resistant to earthquakes.

Ramón Martín Espinosa Solís

, an Electrical Mechanical Engineer from the University of Guadalajara ( UdG ), created this new material and built a home that doesn't require air conditioning or heating to offer a good quality of life to its inhabitants.

In a statement, the UdG explained that by using recycled plastic the costs can decrease up to 50%. It takes three to four weeks to build a 50 square meters home while building a home using conventional materials takes up to four months.

The plastic panels used by the Mexican engineer are made from plastic from shampoo bottles, milk bottles, or chairs ; it is very resistant and it is believed they could last up to 100 years , while the useful life of a conventional home is between 50 and 70 years.

Also, according to the creator, it is more resistant to seismic movements , since it is more flexible .

In order to make the plastic panels , the plastics are separated and crushed; once the plastic is crushed, they make waterless mixtures and then place it in an oven to obtain the panels.

Therefore, the homes not only use plastic , are affordable and environment-friendly, they are also safer during earthquakes .

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