Filipinos turn volcano’s ash, plastic trash into bricks | Malay Mail

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BINAN (Philippines), Jan 19 — Ash spewed by a Philippine volcano is being mixed with plastic waste to make bricks in an inventive response to the country’s persistent problems of pollution and frequent natural disasters. The Taal volcano burst into life nearly a week ago, sending towering dust...

In this photo taken on January 17, 2020, workers at the Binan City Materials and Recovery Facility monitor the brick making process from collected volcanic ash from the recent Taal volcano eruption to process them and turn them into cement bricks in Bian. — AFP pic

Environment officials did not just clean up the mess but decided to combine the ash with sand, cement and discarded plastic to form about 5,000 bricks per day for local building projects. It is also plagued by some 20 major storms annually and regular, powerful earthquakes which together kill hundreds of people each year.

 

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