The plastic bottles mainly in its crushed state are used in the construction of roofs.
Plastic bottle roof insulation.
For the loft insulation plastic bottles are ground up into flakes heated and then extruded into polyester fibre.
Recycled plastic insulation is made from recycled fibre from plastic bottles.
That s 12 000 plastic bottles that would otherwise have been buried in landfill incinerated or left to litter the environment.
Roof construction with plastic bottles.
What s more energy savings mean the insulation pays for itself in just a few years.
Converting plastic bottles into insulation helps divert many tonnes of waste plastic from landfill or incineration helping protect our environment.
This is my first instructable as everyone knows wasted heat is wasted money energy and comfort i was trying to find the greenest most cost efficient way to insulate my house.
It takes an average of 12 000 waste plastic bottles to produce enough supasoft to insulate a typical loft.
Supasoft recycled plastic insulation is manufactured from 95 recycled pet recycled plastic bottles the same fibres used in many duvets jackets etc.
For pricing and availability.
As a long lasting roof performance can be provided by plastic roofs.
Supasoft is long lasting and easy to install.
They are very simple and artistic in nature.
The tvzeb home combines the use of recycled materials and wall and roof insulation which came from 40 000 recycled plastic bottles 6 32 the home s structure incorporates the use of cnc.
It s a totally safe to handle low energy alternative to rockwool and fibreglass.
With that in mind recycling is another benefit of polyester as a material.
These waste bottles can behave as an immediate shelter.
Tuftex multi wall 6mm panel clear 4 ft x 8 ft corrugated clear polycarbonate plastic roof panel.
Tuftex polycarb 12 ft x 2 17 ft corrugated white polycarbonate plastic roof panel.
This is the process of getting insulation.
Warm soft cosy insulation.