Walid Bahsoon in the window of the house he built using blocks made from plastic waste
Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Freetown house built from 10 tonnes of plastic waste

A Freetown house built from 10 tonnes of plastic waste is the result of one man’s passion to find a solution to the plastic pollution which shrink wraps Freetown, clogging our waterways, beaches and thoroughfares and as minimum viable product’s go, it’s certainly persuasive. Last year, it reached the finals of the Asia Pacific Housing Innovation Awards – an initiative to encourage new solutions to affordable, resilient housing. […]