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Turns Discarded Soda Bottles Into Thatch Roofing
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*live in them.*People moving out of poverty quickly*
ditch thatch, 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.
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