Bitublock Makes Trash Buildable

Need a new home but can’t afford the rising costs of housing? Englishman John Forth of the University of Leeds has invented Bitublocks, made of recycled glass, sewage sludge, and incinerator ashes. The engineer is hoping that his creation will provide a replacement for concrete blocks.

“Less energy is required to manufacture the Bitublock than a traditional concrete block, and it’s about six times as strong, so it’s quite a high-performance product,” Forth said.

Bitumen, a substance used in road paving, binds the trash together in a mold which is then heat-cured into a solid. Forth also has future plans to develop Vegeblocks, made of waste vegetable oil. While we applaud the concept, we just aren’t sure we want to live in a house made of discarded Skippy peanut butter jars.

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