Because of poverty, this old lady made a house out of plastic bottles

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Can you build a house entirely made of plastic bottles?

This 86-year old woman did it 12 years ago, and her house still stands strong in in the village of El Borbollon, El Transito, west of San Salvador, on March 14, 2017.

She built her house in 2005, not with the usual bricks and cement, or wood, but with the use of plastic bottles which she recycled into this small house because she had no money to buy the usual construction materials for building a home.

So she made use of what was available, and free — plastic bottles.

She even made use of bottle caps as part of the flooring for her house.

 

 

Eighty-six-year-old Maria Ponce, stands at the door of her house -- made out of plastic bottles -- in the village of El Borbollon, El Transito, west of San Salvador, on March 14, 2017. Maria built her house out of plastic bottles 12 years ago because she could not afford to build a conventional home. / AFP PHOTO / Marvin RECINOS
Eighty-six-year-old Maria Ponce, stands at the door of her house — made out of plastic bottles — in the village of El Borbollon, El Transito, west of San Salvador, on March 14, 2017.
Maria built her house out of plastic bottles 12 years ago because she could not afford to build a conventional home. / AFP PHOTO / Marvin RECINOS

 

 

Eighty-six-year-old Maria Ponce, stands outside her house -- made out of plastic bottles -- in the village of El Borbollon, El Transito, west of San Salvador, on March 14, 2017. Maria built her house out of plastic bottles 12 years ago because she could not afford to build a conventional home. / AFP PHOTO / Marvin RECINOS
Eighty-six-year-old Maria Ponce, stands outside her house — made out of plastic bottles — in the village of El Borbollon, El Transito, west of San Salvador, on March 14, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Marvin RECINOS

 

Maria Ponce, 76, stands inside her house made out of plastic bottles, in the village of El Borbollon, San Miguel Province, El Salvador, 125 kilometres from San Salvador on April 2, 2007. Maria built up the house four years ago with plastic bottles because she did not have enough money to make it in the usual way. AFP PHOTO/Jose CABEZAS / AFP PHOTO / Jose CABEZAS
(File photo of Maria Ponce when she was 76, standing inside her house made out of plastic bottles, in the village of El Borbollon, San Miguel Province, El Salvador, 125 kilometres from San Salvador on April 2, 2007. Maria built up the house with plastic bottles in 2005 because she did not have enough money to make it in the usual way. AFP PHOTO/Jose CABEZAS / AFP PHOTO / Jose CABEZAS