**n-Profit Turns Discarded Soda Bottles Into Thatch Roofing

[rss]

**n-Profit Turns Discarded Soda Bottles Into Thatch Roofing
http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA2LzEyLzBmL1BsYXN0aWNCb3R0LjFmOWE5LmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/65cfa479/915/Plastic-Bottle-Thatch.jpghttp://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=**n-Profit+Turns+Discarded+Soda+Bottles+Into+Thatch+Ro ofing&src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F06%2F12%2Fs oda-bottles-high-tech-roofing%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss)htt p://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F06 %2F12%2Fsoda-bottles-high-tech-roofing%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&src=sp)
Perhaps the iconic image of developing-world poverty is a small collection of huts with thatched roofs. Unfortunately for those living in such places, these roofs are terrible.*They leak and, when water-logged, often collapse. The grasses used to fabricate them are becoming scarcer. Insects and other undesirable critters (http://thatchwiz.co.za/thatch-roof-pests/)*live in them.*People moving out of poverty quickly*ditch thatch (http://www.givedirectly.org/blog_post.php?id=2845341784910255488), upgrading to materials such as corrugated tin.

Corrugated tin roofs are waterproof but have serious downsides. They trap heat, and though a super hot home may be less miserable than getting rained on, it is nevertheless is unpleasant. When it rains, the **ise can be so deafening it drowns out everything. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/12/soda-bottles-high-tech-roofing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

More about Recycling (http://mashable.com/category/recycling/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Poverty (http://mashable.com/category/poverty/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Volunteering (http://mashable.com/category/volunteering/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Small Business (http://mashable.com/small-business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Us World (http://mashable.com/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1402574534 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1402574534)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/4OxCactwOw8