Mexican Startup EcoDom Builds 500 Rooms Using Recycled Plastic Waste in 3 Years

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Mexican social enterprise EcoDom has developed a system that converts discarded plastic waste into durable building panels used to construct homes. Over the past three years, the initiative has resulted in 500 rooms being built for low-income families across Mexico. The project simultaneously addresses two critical issues: plastic pollution and the shortage of affordable housing. Informal waste collectors are also benefiting from the program through improved pricing arrangements for the materials they gather. EcoDom aims to scale its sustainable model globally to combat both poverty and environmental waste.

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Hollywood Video founder's unfinished Oregon mansion listed for $4.7 million

A massive 52,000-square-foot mansion in West Linn, Oregon, has been sitting incomplete for nearly three decades and is now on the market for $4.7 million. Hollywood Video founder Mark Wattles originally purchased the 32-acre property in 1994 for $1.25 million and invested around $12 million into its construction. Despite his efforts, the project was never brought to completion. Two subsequent owners also attempted to develop the estate but similarly failed to finish it. The long-stalled property remains one of the region's most notable unfinished real estate projects.

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Private landowner protects 145 acres beside Zion from future development

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British Far-Right Commentator Milo Yiannopoulos Deported from US After ICE Arrest

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