Quebec home built from 200,000 recycled bottles, assembled in just three days

A two-bedroom home covering 1,078 sq ft in Saint-Rémi-d'Amherst, Quebec, has been built using structural panels made from the equivalent of about 200,000 recycled plastic bottles. The building shell was fully put together on-site in just three days. The project could offer a new way to build more affordable and sustainable homes across Canada. The building system, called PakVert, was developed by Quebec-based clean technology company PakVille. Founded by Canadian engineer and entrepreneur Parinaz Pakniat, the company designed prefabricated panels that combine the building structure, heat insulation, and outside finish into one lightweight part.Recycled core technologyThe centre of each PakVert panel is made from 100 per cent recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This is the type of plastic commonly used in single-use drink bottles. According to technical details published by Construction Canada, the panels can be used for outside walls, floors, and roofs. They can replace several traditional building materials, including wood frames, fibreglass insulation, and outside wall panels. PakVille says the panels' dense plastic material helps protect them from moisture, mould, rot, an...