Teach yourself how to build a plastic bottle house with cob and transform trash into a home. I build houses out of trash. I was inspired by the life of Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangarĩ Maathai, who said, ...

You might get eco-guilt when you toss a plastic bottle into the recycling bin. Will the material from the container really be used to make something new? The answer to that question is unclear.

Glass bottles that shimmer in multicolored light when hit by the sun serve as a time capsule of early 20th-century retail. Custom wallpaper made from a photo of the bottle facade brings the home's ...